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FOR THE DOCKS LIVE IN MIAMI TRYING IT TO NEWS STATION. PRETTY GOOD TOOL IN OUR TOOL BELT. ONE OF THE BIGGEST QUESTIONS ABOUT COVID-19 IS WHETHER THOSE WHO GET INFECTED ARE IMMUNE TO THE VIRUS AFTER THEY RECOVER. RESEARCHERS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ARE STUDYING ANTIBODIES RIGHT NOW TO FIND OUT THAT’S RIGHT NEARLY 6,000 TEST SHOW THAT PATIENTS HAD A PRODUCTION OF HIGH QUALITY ANTIBODIES. DOCTORS SAY QUOTE WE CONCLUDE THAT NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODIES ARE STABLY PRODUCE FOR AT LEAST 5 TO 7 MONTHS AFTER SARS COLD TOO INFECTION MEANING IMMUNITY FOR ANYWHERE FROM 5 TO 7 MONTHS WHAT THEY THINK RIGHT NOW THAT’S A RESEARCHERS SAY AS OF RIGHT NOW 7 MONTHS IS THE LONGEST PERIOD OF TIME THEY CAN CONFIRM THE IMMUNITY LAST BUT THEY SAY IT COULD BE LONGER AND THEY BASE THAT. ON THE FIRST SARS VIRUS WHICH IS THEY SAY SIMILAR TO COVID-19 BECAUSE THOSE WHO ARE INFECTED WITH IT ARE STILL SEEING IMMUNITY 17 YEARS LATER, DEEP TOOK BHATTACHARYA JOINS US NOW ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF HIM, YOU KNOW BIOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, GO CATS. WHAT THE ONE OF THESE ON THIS RESEARCH PROJECT THAT HE’S GOING TO DETAIL ITS FINDINGS FOR US RIGHT NOW, A PROFESSOR LET’S START WITH THIS BIG QUESTION WE’VE ALL BEEN WONDERING ABOUT WHAT YOU GET THE VIRUS CAN YOU GET IT AGAIN WHAT DID YOU FIND. WELL, I MEAN OUR STUDY IS REALLY LOOKING AT THE IMMUNE RESPONSE IN SORT OF A FUNCTIONAL CORRELATE TO SEE HOW SUSCEPTIBLE YOU MIGHT BE IF THE EXPOSE YOU GET EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS AGAIN. SO YOU KNOW OUR CITY WAS REALLY LOOKING AT REINFECTIONS PER SE BUT RATHER MARKERS OF WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE IMMUNE. AND SO WE FOCUSED OUR ATTENTION REALLY ON ANTIBODIES IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN INFECTED IN MOSTLY PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD FAIRLY MILD SYMPTOMS BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN SOME CONCERN THE ANTIBODIES MIGHT VANISH AND THAT’S NOT WHAT WE FOUND WE FOUND AN ANTI BODIES CONTINUE TO PRODUCED FOR AS LONG AS WE’RE ABLE TO LOOK WHICH IS OUT TO ABOUT 7 MONTHS. AND IS THAT JUST A MATTER OF TIME BECAUSE THAT’S HOW LONG WE’VE KNOWN ABOUT THIS THE CORONAVIRUS AS WE GET FARTHER ALONG DOWN THE ROAD THAT MIGHT EXTEND OUT AS WELL. YES, SO I WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT I SEE AT LEAST 7 AND YOU KNOW THE PANDEMIC IN ARIZONA FAIRLY LATE. AND SO WE JUST DON’T HAVE A LOT PEOPLE WHO ARE INFECTED VERY EARLY ON SO 7 MONTHS IS SORT OF THE LIMITS OF WHAT WE’RE ABLE TO LOOK AT RIGHT NOW. BUT I HOPE AND EXPECT THAT THE RESPONSE TO LAST LONGER. SO WE MENTIONED JUST A SECOND AGO THAT PEOPLE INFECTED WITH THE FIRST SARS VIRUS ARE STILL SEEING IMMUNITY 17 YEARS LATER TELL US WHY YOU THINK THAT COULD BE THE CASE WITH THIS VIRUS. WELL ULTIMATELY WE DON’T KNOW WE DON’T HAVE CRYSTAL BALL SO WE DON’T KNOW FOR IS HOW SIMILAR THIS SECOND SARS CORONAVIRUS WILL BE THE FIRST. BUT IT’S OUR BEST PLAYBOOK MEAN IT’S THE ONE THAT IS THE MOST AND IT’S A LOT MORE OF I THINK OF A BETTER PRIOR THAN IN THE COMMON COLD CAUSING EVEN CORONAVIRUS BUT ULTIMATELY NO ONE WAS WE DON’T REALLY KNOW I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO FOLLOW IT OUT AND SEE IF IT LASTS FOR ANOTHER 3 MONTHS OR LESS RUN OF THE 3 DECADES. I THINK THERE’S JUST NO WAY TO KNOW EXCEPT FOR JUST GOING FOR IT AND SEE. I POINT TAKEN ON IMMUNITY VERSUS CAN WE GET IT AGAIN BUT WHAT ABOUT THE STORIES WE HEAR EVERY NOW AND THAT PROFESSOR ABOUT PEOPLE WHO APPARENTLY HAVE GOTTEN IT AGAIN. YEAH, I THINK THAT YOU KNOW ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE PROBABLY NEED TO DO A BETTER JOB AT A OF AS SCIENTISTS IS TALKING ABOUT THINGS AND PROBABLY STICKLEY AND SO THERE’S NO QUESTION THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME CASES OF RE INFECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD. WE ALSO HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THERE’S BEEN OVER 30 MILLION INFECTIONS AROUND THE WORLD, SO THE REAL QUESTION IS NOW HOW FREQUENT ARE THOSE RE INFECTIONS. I THINK THE BEST STUDY THAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR IS ACTUALLY WENT OUT OF QATAR WHERE THE VIRUS HAS REALLY GONE OUT OF CONTROL. AND IT’S ESTIMATED ALMOST HALF THE POPULATION HAS BEEN INFECTED. AND SO IT GIVES YOU A CHANCE TO FOLLOW THAT POPULATION OUT OVER TIME SEE HOW OFTEN DOES THIS POPULATION GET REINFECTED GIVEN THAT THE VIRUS TRANSMISSION RATES ARE PRETTY HIGH. AND SO THE STUDY THAT’S JUST COME OUT WOULD ESTIMATE THAT SOMEWHERE AROUND ONE IN 10,000 IS THE RISK AND SO NOW OF 10,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN EFFECTED MAYBE ONE MIGHT GET REINFECTED SO IT’S NOT 0, BUT I THINK IT’S FAIR TO SAY THAT IT’S NOT LIKELY. WELL WE’VE CERTAINLY SEEN WITH THE VIRUS CAN DO AND I’M I CAN IMAGINE WHAT THIS MEANS FOR YOU TO BE INVOLVED IN THIS RESEARCH WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME TONIGHT, THANK YOU FOR YOUR INSIGHT. DEEP TO BUTTERY A FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA, THANKS AGAIN. THANKS FOR HAVING ME ON. SO IF YOU’RE INTERESTED IN MORE ON THIS YOU CAN READ THE SCIENCE AT NEWS NATION NOW DOT COM SHARED A LINK TO THE FULL REPORT AND ALSO THE SUMMER. STILL AHEAD TONIGHT, WE’RE
