Antibody Immune Response to New Variants - Is This Possible?

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An emeologist suggested the exposure to new Variants like omicron can provide opportunities for your antibodies to mutate and become stronger. We really, really don't know the answer to that question, but i guess there could be a couple of things going on. The first one is this process that we talked about that antibodies go through called maturation. And so, you know, it's possible that exposure to omicron will lead, and maybe seem really likely, will lead to continued maturation of are antibodies.

Several weeks after the Omicron variant was first identified, it has quickly spread across the world. Early data are showing clear signals that the latest variant of concern is able to evade immunity and spread at a rate faster than any other variant to date. But many questions remain unanswered about the severity of infection, the protection afforded by natural and vaccine-derived immunity, and the impact Omicron could have on the global pandemic response. In this episode, we delve into the very latest studies to take stock of where we are so far and, in a Coronapod first, take on questions sent in by Coronapod listeners.

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