First substantial mechanism for long term immunity from SARS-CoV-2 : T-cells

M. Leslie, “T cells found in COVID-19 patients ‘bode well’ for long-term immunity“, Science, doi:10.1126/science.abc8120.

A. Grifoni, et al, “Targets of T cell responses to SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus in humans with COVID-19 disease and unexposed individuals“, Cell, 14th May 2020.

J. Braun, L. Loyal, et al, “Presence of SARS-CoV-2 reactive T cells in COVID-19 patients and healthy donors“, medRχiv (not peer-reviewed, with comments), 22 April 2020.

34% of non-CV19 patients in Germany already had the Coronavirus spike protein specific helper T-cells. Due most likely to infection with prior common cold coronaviruses. That number is close to the percentage of “asymptomatic cases” we are seeing.

About ecoquant

See https://wordpress.com/view/667-per-cm.net/ Retired data scientist and statistician. Now working projects in quantitative ecology and, specifically, phenology of Bryophyta and technical methods for their study.
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