As more and more people are infected with SARS-CoV-2 and recover, questions about immunity have emerged. Upon infection with a virus, the body produces virus-specific antibodies to guard against future infections. Some antibodies confer life-long protection such as those that protect against the measles virus, while others do nothing to fight the disease, as seen with human immunodeficiency viruses. Currently, how long antibodies generated against SARS-CoV-2 last and to what extent they confer protection are unclear. Some evidence suggests that people infected with SARS-CoV-2 develop antibodies against the virus, but whether those antibodies neutralize the virus isn't known. The evidence for immunity has been bolstered by successes observed in studies that have administered convalescent plasma from recovered COVID-19 patients to severely ill patients and noted that the virus cleared within a week. In this clip, Dr. Rhonda Patrick discusses the active area of investigation surrounding the immune response to the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
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