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Old 04-22-2021, 01:50 PM
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Originally Posted by Excargodog View Post
Given that natural immunity for the four human coronaviruses that cause colds seems to only last nine months it was unlikely we were going to get much more than that out of a vaccine. 18 months maybe if we are lucky? But that’s only a guess and we won’t know until the time’s up. Right now we can only extrapolate a few months out. You don’t know for sure until it actually happens.
Vaccine induced immunity *typically* is longer, and certainly more consistent across individuals, than natural immunity.
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