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QuickLink: Natural infection versus vaccination: Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge | OpEdNews: QuickLink: Natural infection versus vaccination: Differences in COVID antibody responses emerge - COVID 19 Vaccination(Image by Joint Base San Antonio)   Details   DMCA There are several potential reasons that memory B cells produced by natural infection might be expected to outperform those produced by mRNA vaccines, the researchers say. It is possible that the body responds differently to viruses that enter through the respiratory tract than those that are injected into our upper arms. Or perhaps an intact virus goads the immune system in a way that the lone spike protein represented by the vaccines simply cannot. Then again, maybe it's that the virus persists in the naturally infected for weeks, giving the body more time to mount a robust response. The vaccine, on the other hand, is flushed out of the body mere days after triggering the desired immune response.