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originally posted by: paraphi
Antibodies are tailored to tackle specific antigens on a one-to-one basis. Antibodies are the first line of defence in the immune system and not the be-all and end-all.
IgM are antibodies produced immediately after an exposure to a disease, while IgG refers to a later response and confers immunity against that particular disease.
If you don't have IgG then your immune system has no immediate way to fight off an infection e.g. Covid-19. Your body will produce IgM as its response to the new infection and if you survive will have created immunity for the future. That is to say, your body will be immune to future Covid-19 infections because you will have IgG antibodies.
Does that help?
originally posted by: Pilgrum
Would that explain cases of recovered patients testing positive ?
IE the presence of Covid19 specific antibodies providing a false positive
originally posted by: HODOSKE
so the news said the antibody testing will be available starting this week. And if you have antibodies you can go back to work. But you can still be infecting people because the test cant differentiate between someone who had or currently has it? a reply to: chr0naut
originally posted by: Meldionne1
I’d be interested in knowing this too ..:::I think I read here in ATE that the antibodies left behind from the virus , act like a welcome committee for the virus if it comes Back around again . The second time , it Will let the virus into your immune system instead of fighting it . And that is when more damage is done .