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@mrman
>-what type of mask?
>it doesn't matter
See, this part has me confused. In my country we constantly get warnings to be careful what masks we buy, as to avoid buying the ones that don't meet safety standards. So for us, it does actually matter.
As for the rest:
>vaccinated
The vaccine does take effect immediately. You need 2 doses, and some time after, for the thing to protect you.
>recovered from covid
You can recover from it and not have antibodies, leaving you susceptible to have covid again.
@SystemSock @mrman
>April
That's kinda early research... Don't know what to tell you, but more recently I keep seeing a lot of talk about antibody tests coming up with low antibody numbers (implying not enough to actually protect you) or coming up completely negative. I personally know someone that had covid and then came up with a negative antibody test.
Now either there are a lot of people with bad immune systems, or this study didn't get it's sample size right.
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>researchers in China
as if I'll trust anything that comes out of there ever again.
@SystemSock @mrman
I've seen one from a better source that says up to 8 months. But this assumes you had a significant amount of antibodies at the beginning. And seemingly not everyone has. Sure they last 6-8 months if you have them. But if at the end of your covid infection you barely had any antibodies in you, what good does it do if that low quantity manage to stick around or 6-8 months, if they're not enough to actually protect you from a reinfection.
@SystemSock @mrman
At the end of this article they basically say that about 10% don't develop a complete protection. 10% is a lot for something like this.
@SystemSock @mrman
Lol, just because they're also 10% doesn't mean they're the same 10%.
Also, even if the 10% were only the elderly, that doesn't mean it's ok to sacrifice them so everyone else can get rid of a small discomfort of wearing a mask.
If you don't produce antibodies, there's something wrong with your immune system.
I can't believe I even need to link this, but here's a study proving as much, specifically for COVID-19:
https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2020/05/07/study-finds-nearly-everyone-who-recovers-from-covid-19-makes-coronavirus-antibodies/