Don’t wait till it’s too late.
Why wait till we are dying from Covid before we ask for vaccination?
It’ll be too late.
Vaccination is not instant protection.
That is not how our body build up its defences, whether against the real virus or the vaccine practice target.
Typically, it takes about a week before the T cells find the fit to the target, and get the B cells to produce lots more of the “fitting” antibodies.
This is how we build up our first wave of antibodies. This is followed by waves of other longer lasting antibodies.
So our antibodies peak about 2-4 weeks after the 1st contact with the virus or the vaccine practice target.
Thereafter, our antibody producing B cells start to die naturally, and less and less new B cells are produced. This means less and less antibodies over time.
Our immune system may think the attack is not so dangerous.
For instance, we know that severe and moderately ill Covid cases have more and longer lasting antibody levels than Covid cases with no symptoms.
This is why vaccines often have a 2nd shot.
The body is already on training alert. So when the 2nd shot is given, the defence system reacts faster. More importantly, the body then recognises that this is a repeat customer and so we better take it more seriously.
This is why the 2nd shot often results in much higher antibody levels, and these last longer, bcos we keep on producing and training more B cells.
The 2nd shot is often given about 3-4 weeks after the 1st shot, when our immune defences are on heightened alert.
The 2nd shot could also spur the body to remember. These are the memory T cells and the memory B cells, which remember the shape of the target.
These are important long term defences.
With memory, the body activates the antibodies and the killer T cells much more quickly, and in full force.
This is how we can prevent infection, or reduce the severity of the illness when we can’t prevent infection.
So all in, it takes about 6-8 weeks, about 2 months, to fully train and prepare our immune defences.
So don’t wait till it’s too late.
Don’t wait till we are infected, or dying from Covid, before we ask for vaccination.
By then, our body would be already trying hard to start up its immune defences.
Adding a vaccine does nothing to speed up or improve the defences.
The best time to vaccinate is during peacetime when there are few infections around.
This gives our body time to build up its defence before we meet the real virus.
The vaccine protection can also last a long time.
For SARS, we know patients can still have neutralising antibodies 3 years after they first got sick.
About a third of SARS patients can have T cell memory 17 years later.
Even when our antibody levels have gone below detectable levels, the presence od T cell memory means the defences can be quickly activated to respond with full force, instead of trying to do research to find the right antibodies and to produce the right killer T cells.
Don’t wait till it’s too late.
Don’t bluff ourselves, that we have strong immunity if we eat “po” foods.
Don’t fool ourselves that staying home will keep us safe.
Don’t beguile ourselves that we are careful to keep our masks on all the time.
The good quality vaccination gives us a better mask than most ordinary masks.
The vaccination gives us an invisible and highly breathable mask that protects us at all hours and at all times, even when we are eating or drinking.
So vaccinate before it’s too late.
Why wait till we are dying from Covid before we ask for vaccination?
It’ll be too late.
Vaccination is not instant protection.
That is not how our body build up its defences, whether against the real virus or the vaccine practice target.
Typically, it takes about a week before the T cells find the fit to the target, and get the B cells to produce lots more of the “fitting” antibodies.
This is how we build up our first wave of antibodies. This is followed by waves of other longer lasting antibodies.
So our antibodies peak about 2-4 weeks after the 1st contact with the virus or the vaccine practice target.
Thereafter, our antibody producing B cells start to die naturally, and less and less new B cells are produced. This means less and less antibodies over time.
Our immune system may think the attack is not so dangerous.
For instance, we know that severe and moderately ill Covid cases have more and longer lasting antibody levels than Covid cases with no symptoms.
This is why vaccines often have a 2nd shot.
The body is already on training alert. So when the 2nd shot is given, the defence system reacts faster. More importantly, the body then recognises that this is a repeat customer and so we better take it more seriously.
This is why the 2nd shot often results in much higher antibody levels, and these last longer, bcos we keep on producing and training more B cells.
The 2nd shot is often given about 3-4 weeks after the 1st shot, when our immune defences are on heightened alert.
The 2nd shot could also spur the body to remember. These are the memory T cells and the memory B cells, which remember the shape of the target.
These are important long term defences.
With memory, the body activates the antibodies and the killer T cells much more quickly, and in full force.
This is how we can prevent infection, or reduce the severity of the illness when we can’t prevent infection.
So all in, it takes about 6-8 weeks, about 2 months, to fully train and prepare our immune defences.
So don’t wait till it’s too late.
Don’t wait till we are infected, or dying from Covid, before we ask for vaccination.
By then, our body would be already trying hard to start up its immune defences.
Adding a vaccine does nothing to speed up or improve the defences.
The best time to vaccinate is during peacetime when there are few infections around.
This gives our body time to build up its defence before we meet the real virus.
The vaccine protection can also last a long time.
For SARS, we know patients can still have neutralising antibodies 3 years after they first got sick.
About a third of SARS patients can have T cell memory 17 years later.
Even when our antibody levels have gone below detectable levels, the presence od T cell memory means the defences can be quickly activated to respond with full force, instead of trying to do research to find the right antibodies and to produce the right killer T cells.
Don’t wait till it’s too late.
Don’t bluff ourselves, that we have strong immunity if we eat “po” foods.
Don’t fool ourselves that staying home will keep us safe.
Don’t beguile ourselves that we are careful to keep our masks on all the time.
The good quality vaccination gives us a better mask than most ordinary masks.
The vaccination gives us an invisible and highly breathable mask that protects us at all hours and at all times, even when we are eating or drinking.
So vaccinate before it’s too late.
