Covid Vaccines, Are They Protective?

Will you Test Positive for Covid IgG Antibodies After Vaccine Administration?

There is no doubt, after mRNA Covid vaccine administration, there can be an increase in Covid-19 IgG antibodies.  In animal research almost every kind of mRNA and DNA vaccines administered to the animals elicited a positive antibody response.   In my practice, everyone but one patient receiving a Pfizer or Moderna vaccine had positive IgG antibodies against Covid.

An increase in antibodies against Covid can be naturally induced or vaccine induced.  It is one part of our immunity that protects us from disease.  Antibodies made from natural immunity to Covid-19 are similar to the antibodies made after vaccinations.

 

What if You have No Antibodies after the Vaccine?  Does that mean you are Not Immune? 

If you are not positive for Covid antibodies, you cannot say you are immune or not immune. You actually don’t know.

There are two other kinds of immune cells that also protect you, Memory B cells, and helper or Natural Killer T cells.

When exposed people don’t get the disease, one of the reasons is because these immune cells are active in high numbers.   However, unless people are tested for these cells in a laboratory, you don’t know if one is truly immune or not.  What do you do then?  Research tells you to believe in the vaccine clinical trials that 95% of the people are protected.  But what about the 5% that isn’t protected?  Who are they? Can they be identified?  Currently I could find no research to answer these questions.

If you find yourself in a situation of not mounting an antibody response to the vaccine, you can believe the “experts in the field” you will be 95% protected; or get a different type of vaccine such as Johnson and Johnson’s. Alternatively, you can take zinc plus quercetin, high dose vitamin D3, and/or Ivermectin for more protection.  The ability to test for Covid induced B and T cells is only done in research at the moment,

 

Is the Vaccine More Protective than Natural Immunity?

No one knows the final answer to this question.  The CDC states, “you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had Covid-19.  That’s because experts do not yet know how long you are protected from getting sick again after recovering from Covid-19.  Even if you have already recovered from Covid 19, it is possible, although rare, you could be infected with the virus the causes Covid-19 again.”

It is the amount of different antibodies, B cells, and T cells made to fight against Covid that determines your protection.  If your natural immunity produces a lot of Covid antibodies, it can be just as strong as the vaccine.  How do you know if you are well protected?  You need to have specialized testing looking at quantitative antibodies, B cells, and T cells.

https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/facts.html

 

How Long do Antibodies Protect Against Covid?

Locally, people are being told by doctors if you get Covid you are only protected for 3 months and therefore, you should get the vaccine.  This is simply not true.  No one actually knows the exact length of time the antibodies will persist or how long one will be protected because they haven’t been studied that long.

The La Jolla Institute for Immunology tried answering these questions concerning lasting immunity in a study of 200 patients who had been exposed to Covid-19 and recovered. They found “the immune systems of more than 94% of people who recovered from Covid-19 had durable memories of the virus up to 8 months after. The results provide hope people receiving Covid vaccines will develop similar lasting immune memories after vaccination”.  Eight months was the longest their patient population were out from the disease.  Immunity past eight months has not been studied.

Antibodies were found in 98% of participants one month after symptom onset. There was a wide range of the number of antibodies, but they remained stable over time, declining only slightly 6-8 months after infection.

Virus-specific B cells increased over time, having more B cells at 6 months than at one month.  Levels did not decline.

T cells for the virus also remained high after infection. 92% of participants had T cells after 6 months.

https://www.nih.gov/news-events/nih-research-matters/lasting-immunity-found-after-recovery-covid-19

In my practice, there are patients who are testing positive for antibodies more than a year from having the disease.

Next week will be looking at the safety of the vaccines.

Have a blessed and awesome day.   Dr D