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Nov 22, 2020 | 7:36 am

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the810

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Originally Posted by fransknorge

T-Cells are more durable but T-Cells detection is hard and it is possible mild infections do not result in T-Cell creation.
Other antibodies vanish rapidly and more and more re-infections are recorded:
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020...s-quickly-some

I'm aware t-cells are hard to detect, which is why I'm refering to antibodies which can be easily tested.

Quote:

Originally Posted by LondonElite

There are many reports of people getting Covid a second time. I can't see this working.

There are few such reports. It happens but it's very rare. I'm not disputing antibodies can last fairly shortly, but I'm refering to a situation when the person still has them. And again, some countries do accept antibody tests for entry.