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Italian immunologist: Covid 19 infection gains immunity for 8 months

3/23/2021, 8:01:38 PM


Roma-SANA, Italian immunologist Alessandro Siti confirmed that after infection with the Corona virus, a person creates immunity

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Italian immunologist Alessandro Siti confirmed that after infection with the Corona virus, a person creates immunity for at least eight months and that the vaccine earns more than that.

In an interview with the Italian newspaper "Corriere della Sera" today, Siti, residing in the United States and director of the vaccination department in San Diego, California, said that it is known at the present time that the natural immune response "antibodies" after infection in 90 percent of cases lasts for 8 months The least to become infected again.

Siti warned that the response created by the vaccine is better and more powerful than the natural response to infection, calling for avoiding naming the English, South African or Brazilian strain to avoid stigmatization.

He pointed out that the vaccines used protect against complications and infection, and at the present time from new strains also thanks to the cellular response of T-lymphocytes.

For his part, the Italian virologist, Fabrizio Breliasco, said in statements to the Italian Aki news agency about the belief that by reaching the vaccination of at least 20 to 30 people, we will really obtain important results that make us hope for a greater peaceful coexistence with the Corona virus, adding that “this is the condition that can be Count on him to spend the best summer, which he referred to with optimism, Minister of Health Roberto Speranza.

The expert explained that with real access to coverage of about 30 percent of people with vaccination, including and above all the elderly and the most vulnerable people, we can hope for better than the current picture, taking into account the already existing results that we see in terms of reducing the incidence of infection among the vaccinated persons.

And Priliasco pointed out that it is natural that the more we advance in the levels of vaccine coverage for the population, the more positive and convincing results will emerge.