For 110 years we have understood antibodies, recalling the classic work of Landsteiner in 1901. Each day we get better at the process. We can identify Ab and especially Abs for this current corona virus.
Having said that and now having almost 200 million Americans vaccinated one would have though there would have been a massive Ab testing process with the data publicly available.
This is especially true after the entry of the current administration.
Simple process. Get say 10,000 volunteers and measure Abs say monthly. Publish the data. See how the Ab decrease.
As a side note we do have the resident memory T cells, Trm, that we cannot measure that kick in as well to fight infections, but le us not focus there yet.
But alas we have had zero from the CDC! Missing in action, just poor zoom calls from its head who seems to be hiding in a cavern somewhere in the Smokeys!
As the NY Times notes:
Government and outside experts presented conflicting data Friday morning on whether Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus booster shots are needed in the United States to an independent panel that advises the Food and Drug Administration. The advisory committee is weighing that request for approval of a booster shot for people 16 and older at least six months after their second shot.
The answer would be trivial if the CDC had done its job. Instead we have continued chaos from the administration since there is no science to follow.
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