Lasting immunity against COVID-19, UArizona professors helps in research

Early studies are reporting lasting immunity to COVID-19.

Lasting immunity is what protects you from infections long after you cleared the first time your body experience that particular illness.

ON WHAT THIS MEANS.LASTING IMMUNITY IS WHATPROTECTS YOU FROM INFECTIONSLONG AFTER YOU CLEARED IT THEFIRST TIME YOUR BODYEXPERIENCE THAT PARTICULARILLNESS& IN THIS CASE WE'RETALKING ABOUT SARS CORONAVIRUS2 VIRUS.

ITS ANTIBODIES PLAYA BIG ROLE IN THIS RESEARCH.DEEPTA BHATTACHARYA, UA ASSOC.PROFESSOR, IMMUNOBIOLOGY "WEMEASURED THOSE ANTIBODIES IN ALOT OF PEOPLE.

AND WHAT WE'RESEEING IS THAT THE ANTIBODIESSEEM TO BE PRETTY STABLE ANDAT HIGH ENOUGH LEVELS WHERETHEY SURE CONFER SOME AMOUNTOF PROTECTION IF YOU SAW THEVIRUS AGAIN.

SO I THINKTHERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THATCAN GO WRONG WITH THE VIRUSEARLY IN US, IN A SUBSET OFPEOPLE THAT GETS THEM VERYSICK, BUT I THINK WHAT WE'RESEEING IS THAT IF YOU DORECOVER FROM IT, IT'S VERYLIKELY THAT YOU'RE GOING TO BEIMMUNE FOR QUITE SOME TIME."PROFESSOR, IMMUNOBIOLOGY "IWISH WE HAD A SHORTCUT.

I WISHWE HAD SOME WAY TO PREDICT.

WEDON'T.

IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S APRETTY NORMAL RESPONSE SO FAROUT IN THESE LATER STAGES.

ANDIF IT'S ANYTHING LIKE THEFIRST SARS CORONAVIRUS IN2003, THEN I WOULD EXPECT THATYOU WOULD HAVE AT LEAST SOMEDEGREE OF IMMUNITY FOR ATLEAST A FEW YEARS." DEEPTABHATTACHARYA, UA ASSOC.PROFESSOR, IMMUNOBIOLOGY "ANDSO I THINK THOSE ARE ALL PARTOF THE BROAD SPECTRUM OF WHATWE CONSIDER TO BE COMMUNITYAND ALL OF THOSE.

I THINK AREPERFECTLY PLAUSIBLE OUTCOMES.AND I THINK I FEEL REASONABLYCONFIDENT SAYING THAT AT LEASTSOME OF THOSE MECHANISMS AREGOING TO BE THERE FOR MOSTPEOPLE, FOR AT LEAST THIS LONGAND PROBABLY FOR A FEW YEARS."PROFESSOR, IMMUNOBIOLOGY "YOUKNOW WHAT, I'M MAYBECAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC ON ISTHAT WE CAN SHIFT SOME OF OURRESEARCH TO HOW SOME OF THESEVACCINES ARE GOING TO BEHAVEAS WELL.

I MEAN, THEY LOOKSIMILAR TO WHAT SOMEONE WHORECOVERED FROM THE VIRUSINFECTION LOOKS LIKE."BISBEE BRINGS IN THOUSANDS OFTOURISTS EVERY YEAR, BUT WHENTHE PANDEMIC HIT SEV