
<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>TITLE: <span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0); font-size: medium;">Scientists find COVID-19 antibodies fade quickly</span></div><br><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20200623/Scientists-find-COVID-19-antibodies-fade-quickly.aspx">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.news-medical.net/amp/news/20200623/Scientists-find-COVID-19-antibodies-fade-quickly.aspx</a><div><br></div><div>“<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">a new study shows that the levels of antibodies found in recovered coronavirus disease (COVID-19) patients declined sharply in just two to three months after infection for both symptomatic and asymptomatic patients.”</span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><br></span></div><div><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">> </span><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6">https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-020-0965-6</a></div><div><br></div><div>“<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">Though the study utilized a small sample size, the researchers hope that the findings may help governments decide on allowing those with antibodies to travel to other countries. Antibody testing should be a basis for travel permissions, especially that the findings show that they may still contract the virus.”</span></div><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“The researchers added that it is unsafe to assume that all who recovered from the infection are immune to the virus, showing that re-infection may still happen in the future.”</span></p><p><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);">“Using antibody tests may not be effective in stemming the spread of the virus since the antibodies decline in just a few months. The study highlights the long-lasting theory that the infection does not provide long-lasting immunity in people who were infected.”</span></p></body></html>