Study finds 30% are protected against COVID-19 500 days after infection – Taipei Times

Five hundred days after being infected with COVID-19, only 30 percent of 260 people studied retained a sufficient number of antibodies to protect them from future infections, a study commissioned by the Centers for Disease Control found. Of the 30 percent, those with the highest number of antibodies had either been vaccinated after recovering from the disease, or had experienced severe symptoms, the centers said, adding that based on the findings, it recommends that people who have had COVID-19 still get vaccinated. The centers commissioned National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University to perform the study using data from Jan. 22,…