How do we become immune to Corona? There are initial findings on the way to a vaccine, but there are still many questions to be answered – because Sars-CoV-2
is a changing, complicated virus.
It is the dream that millions of people around the world are dreaming of: finally being immune to Sars-CoV-2, the novel corona virus. Because – according to the theory – anyone who has been infected and survived the disease is protected from another disease and can no longer pass the virus on, so it also protects other people. Or there is a vaccine that makes you immune even without a disease.
In practice, the desired immunity to Sars-CoV-2 has some catches. First of all, basic: Immunity to a pathogen can be achieved in two ways. The natural way would be to get infected with another person.
The immune system has a memory
The artificial one is vaccination. Put very simply, the body reacts when …
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