Quote (Bazi @ 15 Dec 2020 07:00)
antibodies last ~6 months, from what we can currently tell. Reinfections happen but tend to be more benign. However your 2nd benign infection can still be passed to someone else for their first time. Plus the vaccine has been thought to convey longer lasting immunity benefit
Isnt there increasing scientific evidence that while antibody levels do indeed drop off about ~6 months after an infection, almost all former patients still retain their immunity (based on other types of immune response, T-cells and such)?
Quote (Thor123422 @ 15 Dec 2020 07:31)
There were 45000 participants. In other approved and safe vaccines 10000 have been used. This gives a lot more opportunity to see side effects compared to even very safe vaccines.
It had a very diverse cohort with something like 30% people of color which also adds to safety.
For me personally, my fear is less about ultra-rare side effects (less than 1 case per 100k vaccinations) that might have fallen through the cracks - my fear is about potential long-term complications or side effects which do not manifest themselves until over a year after the vaccination. These long-term side effects cannot possibly be caught in a trial which only lasted 6 months; but they would be caught when using the normal protocols where approval of a new vaccine takes around 5 years. I totally get, and agree with the assessment, that the world cannot wait this long and has to take a risk on these vaccines, but for me personally (0 comorbidities, already had covid), it's still a concern.
This post was edited by Black XistenZ on Dec 15 2020 03:39am
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