Vulnerable people who have had a third Coronavirus vaccine, or booster, have a significant increase in antibodies and protection against the virus, according to research. It found the third jab means they can be just as protected against the disease as people who are healthy.
It is hoped this will give renewed confidence to those who shielded during the pandemic if they leave the house. Blood samples from more than 9,000 people were tested. The booster was found to have given a tenfold increase in antibodies compared to the first two vaccines.The national study involved Bristol’s Children of the 90s, which has followed a cohort of thousands of people who were born in the city throughout their lives.
Principal Investigator of Children of the 90s and joint senior author, Professor Nic Timpson, said: “By responding to our antibody tests over the course of the pandemic, Children of the 90s participants have provided insight into the response to COVID-19 and the impact of the vaccination. “It was fascinating to observe the dynamics of immune response and of course is reassuring to see how effective the booster jabs are.”
Editor’s Note: Antibodies created by the body are indications of proteins made by the immune system to counteract an antigen. The presence of increased antibodies is what happens when the immune system is again assaulted with alleged viruses. What about the long-term effects of these increased antibodies in the body? We are facing a pandemic of auto-immune disease or hyper-active immune systems that the medical orthodoxy seems to blatantly ignore. — mmd