[www.washingtonpost.com]

With more than 30 million people in the United States at least partially vaccinated against covid-19, you may wonder whether the shot has done its duty, arming your immune system to fight off infection. Or whether the vaccine is needed at all, particularly if you have had the coronavirus.

But health experts say antibody tests — the tests designed to detect proteins created by the immune system that protect against the virus — are not necessary and can be unreliable.

“Don’t try to second-guess the vaccine. Just get vaccinated,” said Sarah Fortune, chair of the department of immunology and infectious diseases at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health.

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/12/2021 09:52PM by Speedy.

I’m cool with that.