The combination of COVID-19 infection and recovery and vaccination causes one to have a higher antibody response
Jakarta The health protocols remain important for fighting the pandemic despite the development of hybrid immunity among people who have recovered from COVID-19, an academic has said.
The term hybrid immunity is more appropriate than super immunity, which is commonly used in public discourse, to describe the immunity developed by two sources: natural infection and vaccination, a pulmonologist and member of Airlangga University’s Faculty of Medicine, Dr. Helmia Hasan, observed.
“The combination of COVID-19 infection and recovery and vaccination causes one to have a higher antibody response,” Hasan said during an online discussion on Saturday.
Theoretically, a person who has recovered from COVID-19 and then received the COVID-19 vaccine will have a low risk of a repeat infection, she added.
Source: Antara News