<story><title>Mild Covid-19 induces lasting antibody protection</title><url>https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/good-news-mild-covid-19-induces-lasting-antibody-protection/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shoto_io</author><text>It insane how people&amp;#x2F;media outlets simply ignored what has happened in our past.&lt;p&gt;We had many pandemics. Why should this virus now be radically different? Our immune system would not have survived so long if we kept getting critically sick from virii our system has seen before.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thewarrior</author><text>Let me give you a counter example. A friend of mine is only 25 years old and fit (resting heart rate below 70). They got infected with Covid twice within 2 months. They tested positive on a PCR test.
The second infection was significantly worse and they are constantly out of breath and struggling with pneumonia.&lt;p&gt;Do not underestimate this disease. Especially the new Indian variant.&lt;p&gt;Having antibodies is not necessarily the same as being protected. Especially in the light of variants and the fact that antibodies can wane over time.</text></comment>
<story><title>Mild Covid-19 induces lasting antibody protection</title><url>https://medicine.wustl.edu/news/good-news-mild-covid-19-induces-lasting-antibody-protection/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>shoto_io</author><text>It insane how people&amp;#x2F;media outlets simply ignored what has happened in our past.&lt;p&gt;We had many pandemics. Why should this virus now be radically different? Our immune system would not have survived so long if we kept getting critically sick from virii our system has seen before.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>gregoriol</author><text>A year ago we didn&amp;#x27;t know how &amp;quot;bad&amp;quot; that new virus was; now we don&amp;#x27;t know how bad any new variant can be.&lt;p&gt;There have been many pandemics, and many people have died; we try to prevent many people from dying.&lt;p&gt;Some pandemics have not much &amp;quot;survive&amp;quot; or end: Ebola, HIV, ... so we better double-check any new one before being ok with it.</text></comment>