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- title: What If COVID Reinfections Wear Down Our Immunity?
- link: https://thetyee.ca/Analysis/2022/11/07/COVID-Reinfections-And-Immunity/
- when: 2022/11/07 (2022/11/07)
- source: The Tyee
- author: Andrew Nikiforuk
- topics: COVID-19 T cells Anthony Leonardi
- summary: «What could put the brakes on this ever-evolving virus, which can kill, damage organs and linger for months? [/] The answer from many scientists has been T cells – our bodies' line of immune defence after antibodies. T cells can spot and attack viruses and even remember previous invaders. As virologist Vincent Racaniello titled one of his articles: "T cells will save us from COVID-19." [/] But what if COVID wears down T cells in people who get it, and does so increasingly with each reinfection?»