Catching COVID gives you 'durable' protection from virus, study finds. For how long?

Feb 23, 20230

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Lab technician Alejandra Sanchez cares for a patient in the Emergency Department at Providence St. Mary Medical Center on March 11, 2022, in Apple Valley, Calif. The hospital was treating 125 confirmed COVID-19 patients at the peak of the Omicron surge.

A past COVID-19 infection offers "durable," temporary protection against getting severely sick with the coronavirus - no matter the variant, a new study has found.

Although natural immunity against COVID-19 offers protections, the findings don't discourage vaccination, which is still the top method of preventing serious illness, experts involved in the research say.

University of Washington researchers are calling their study published Feb. 16 in the peer-reviewed journal the Lancet the most comprehensive to date when it comes to showing evidence of natural immunity protection against COVID-19.

https://www.startribune.com/catching-covid-gives-you-durable-protection-from-virus-study-finds-for-how-long/600253562/