T CELLS COME TO THE RESCUE AS STUDIES SHOW THEY STOP OMICRON?? →
This story is amazing, more on the science level..
An unsung arm of the immune system appears to protect against severe disease with the omicron variant even when antibodies wane, helping to explain why a record wave of infections
South Arica is NOT really vaccinated. but where they were vaccinated, it was 100% Johnson and Johnson. And their hospitalizations were low low low.
ALSO good news from the J&J fan.. remember how the vaccine did NOT increase antibodies? But DID increase T cells?
They are coming to the rescue..
The article focuses on T cell memory generated by vaccines. But what about infections?
This little tidbit at the end o the article gives us some hope that not only vaccines will protect against Omicron but also previous infections: People infected with another coronavirus that was responsible for the SARS outbreak in 2003, for example, were found to still have a T-cell response to the disease 17 years later..