In my opinion (relatively well-formed, YMMV) monoclonal antibodies are highly effective early-to-mid COVID treatments and have saved many lives.
However.
By clearing the virus rapidly and effectively before it triggers the death cascade, they WILL prevent a complete immune response. That’s their very purpose, to shut off the immune response BEFORE it starts irreversible damage.
THEREFORE if you voluntarily expose yourself to COVID in the hopes of acquiring natural immunity (in case you think of asking, this is a very bad idea), but if you do it, be warned that getting monoclonal antibody treatment when you get sick will prevent natural immunity from occurring.
Thank you for that post.
Can you say, is the same true for any other treatment, like HCQ or Ivermectin, if you imagine such treatments might stop the illness?
Does “outside help” prevent the full development of natural immunity?
“…THEREFORE if you voluntarily expose yourself to COVID in the hopes of acquiring natural immunity (in case you think of asking, this is a very bad idea), but if you do it, be warned that getting monoclonal antibody treatment when you get sick will prevent natural immunity from occurring”
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I did not know that. Thanks for posting.
will prevent (Complete) natural immunity from occurring.
“...be warned that getting monoclonal antibody treatment when you get sick will prevent natural immunity from occurring.”
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How do you suppose you get over the covid virus then?
Your body recovers from the virus because it beats the virus. When you recover, if you have a normal healthy immune system, your body will remember and recognize the virus the next time you are exposed to it, probably with a diminishing curve over time.
I wonder how a moderate case treated with monoclonals would compare to a mild or asymptomatic case left untreated as far as the resulting immunity.
Is that also true for people with very mild or asymptomatic cases as well?
Do you have to get very sick to build up immunity?