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Coronapod: Omicron - your questions answered

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Antibody Immune Response to New Variants - Is This Possible?

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.

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