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[cybermich]

From the CDC website..

The protection someone gains from having an infection (called natural immunity) varies depending on the disease, and it varies from person to person. Since this virus is new, we don’t know how long natural immunity might last. Some early evidence—based on some people— seems to suggest that natural immunity may not last very long.

Regarding vaccination, we won’t know how long immunity lasts until we have a vaccine and more data on how well it works.

Both natural immunity and vaccine-induced immunity are important aspects of COVID-19 that experts are trying to learn more about, and CDC will keep the public informed as new evidence becomes available.

This comment was found with a brief scan of the CDC website relating to Covid19
Some good information there.

I am sure the vaccine makers are going to cash in on developing new vaccines to address the mutations..
but imo there will always be a need for therapeutics to stay one step ahead of the game..

Look at all the different strains of the HIV virus.. the world's population is still dealing with this virus years later.

Btw.. pm me if you would like to know about a company that is addressing the HIV issue (targets most strains and is 98 percent effective) Cheers.

[cybermich]

DaubersUP..

The deeper I looked into whether the vaccines will be effective on all strains - and whether or not Covid19 is expected to mutate.. I am getting a wide variety of opinion. It seems the jury is not out on whether these vaccines will be what they call evolutionary proof.

There are underlying factors which may or may not effect whether a virus mutates, and in the case of the HIV virus it has been very challenging due to how it mutates. One of my concerns is that Covid19 and HIV virus seem to share some similarities in the structure of the virus - and yet on the other side of the argument I've learned in general (the family of Coronavirus) tend to mutate slowly.

Admittedly, this is beyond my pay grade:) and maybe one of our resident scientists could give their opinion based on what we know about the science.

Here is an interesting recent article on one side of the argument - and yet I can find articles that also say the vaccines might cover most strains.
Perhaps the debate continues.

https://medicalxpress.com/news/2020-11-virus-evolution-undermine-covid-vaccinebut.html

Will the vaccine not work as well in obese people? Apparently this is sometimes the case with other vaccines..

https://bgr.com/2020/08/09/coronavirus-vaccine-effectiveness-obesity-prediction/

And here is an article that says that the vaccines will work (probably) on multiple strains..

https://news.yahoo.com/pfizers-modernas-vaccines-likely-existing-125400260.html