A THV11 VERIFY viewer asked, “Is there evidence to verify the average immunity level and length of immunity of people who have had COVID?”
,VACCINES ARE COMPLETELY FREE AND THEY’RE WIDELY AVAILABLE ACROSS THE STATE >>. EXPERTS SAY ONE OF THE MOST DAMAGING PARTS >> ABOUT THE PANDEMIC HAS BEEN HOW QUICKLY MISINFORMATION HAS SPREAD ABOUT THE VIRUS AND THE VACCINE. WE’VE HAD MULTIPLE VIEWERS REACH OUT TO OUR VERIFY TEAM TO FIND OUT WHAT’S TRUE AND WHAT’S NOT ABOUT HOW MUCH IMMUNITY A PERSON HAS AFTER CONTRACTING COVID-19. SO LET’S VERIFY AT THE >> AGE OF 11 05 YOU WERE ASKED IS THERE EVIDENCE TO VERIFY THE AVERAGE IMMUNITY LEVEL AND LENGTH COMMUNITY OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD KODET OUR SOURCES THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH AND THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH? HERE’S THE DEAL AFTER PEOPLE RECOVER FROM A VIRUS, THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RETAINS A MEMORY OF IT TO BETTER UNDERSTAND MEMORY OF SARS-COV-2 RESEARCHERS WITH THE INSTITUTE OF IMMUNOLOGY ANALYZED IMMUNE CELLS AND ANTIBODIES FROM ALMOST TWO HUNDRED PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN EXPOSED TO SARS-COV-2 AND RECOVERED ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, THE IMMUNE SYSTEMS OF MORE THAN 95 PERCENT OF THE PEOPLE WHO WERE STUDIED HAD MEMORIES OF THE VIRUS UP TO EIGHT MONTHS AFTER INFECTION. THE ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH TELLS US ONE WAY OF MEASURING IMMUNITY IS TO DO ANTIBODY TESTING. HOWEVER, THEY SAY IT IS NOT YET KNOWN WHAT LEVEL OF ANTIBODIES A PERSON NEEDS TO BE IMMUNE FROM COVID-19 STUDIES ARE BEING DONE TO COMPARE THOSE WHO’VE RECOVERED FROM COVID AND THOSE WHO ARE FULLY IMMUNIZED. BUT LIKE A LOT OF THINGS WITH THIS VIRUS WE’RE STILL LEARNING SO WE CAN VERIFY. YES, THERE IS EVIDENCE SHOWING SOME IMMUNITY UP TO EIGHT MONTHS AFTER INFECTION BUT NOT ENOUGH RESEARCH HAS BEEN DONE AT THIS POINT TO DETERMINE WHAT LEVEL OF ANTIBODIES YOU NEED TO BE >> IN. REMEMBER WHEN YOU WANT SOMETHING VERIFIED, LET US HELP. EMAIL
