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March 8, 2022
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COVID-19 Immune response
COVID-19 immune response improves for months after
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Researchers showed that B cells evolve after COVID-19 vaccination to help improve protection against SARS-CoV-2
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'understanding of how the immune system responds to COVID-19 vaccination could lead to more effective and
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Vaccines are the best way to protect yourself against COVID-19. They elicit a
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strong defense agalnst SARS-CoV-2, the vlrus that causes the dlsease:
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Vaccines actlvate your bodys disease defense system; called the Immune
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system: The response starts by engaging two kinds of Immune cells: B cells,;
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