We Now Have the Best Evidence Yet That Everyone Develops Long-Term Coronavirus Immunity After Infection

Scientists may now have an answer to one of the most crucial lingering questions about COVID-19: whether people develop long-term immunity. . .

A study published Friday in the journal Cell suggests that everyone who gets COVID-19 – even people with mild or asymptomatic cases – develops T cells that can hunt down the coronavirus if they get exposed again later.

“Memory T cells will likely prove critical for long-term immune protection against COVID-19,” the study authors wrote, adding that they “may prevent recurrent episodes of severe COVID-19.”

That’s because memory T cells can stick around for years, while antibody levels drop following an infection.

The authors of the new study examined blood from 206 people in Sweden who had COVID-19 with varying degrees of severity. They found that regardless of whether a person had recovered from a mild or severe case, they still developed a robust T-cell response. Even coronavirus patients who did not test positive for antibodies developed memory T cells, the results showed. (Read more from “We Now Have the Best Evidence Yet That Everyone Develops Long-Term Coronavirus Immunity After Infection” HERE)

Follow Joe Miller on Twitter HERE and Facebook HERE