Got COVID? Here’s how long immunity might last as new variants emerge
in July showed that BA.4, and BA.5 subvariants of Omicron substantially escape neutralizing antibodies induced by both vaccination and infection., the results of which were made available online last week in a letter ahead of peer review, found that protection from a previous infection against BA.4 or BA.5 reinfection was modest when the previous infection had been caused by a pre-Omicron variant but strong when it had been caused by a post-Omicron subvariant .“It’s not one size fits all.
The Qatari study showed that hybrid immunity with two or three doses of an mRNA vaccine and a prior infection was associated with the highest degree of protection against symptomatic infection.“Hybrid immunity seems to be the strongest at protecting against severe disease, hospitalization and death,” Adalja said.© 2022 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
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