Kolkata: The doctor’s part and Kolkata health worker who received their vaccine in February was worried about their immune status.
With the third wave towering, they fear they might run out of antibodies to ward off Covid.
Experts say antibodies usually do not last more than six months while the third wave is expected to peak in September-October, more than seven months after the first batch of frontline front workers have been inoculated.
However, vaccines, some shows, provide immunity of cells that can limit disease to be mild.
Vaccination has begun for health workers on January 16 and are limited to them and those over the age of 60 to April 1.
Director of AIIMS Delhi Randeep Guleria has called for the ‘second generation booster dose’ to hold the third wave.
It can be necessary but health workers must adopt all the precautions they did before vaccination, said Apollo Gleneagles Hospital Consultant, Subir Ganguly.
“Most of us are inoculated by February-March so many of us may suffer from antibody depletions.
This may not be uniform for everyone but because we will be at the forefront again, let’s assume that we return to the pre-vaccination period.
But what Even our immune status, vaccination has succeeded in attracting mortality levels so that it will help curb the intensity of the disease, “Ganguly said.
Antibodies continued to decrease with time and were worried for doctors who got a shot earlier, according to Belle Vue Clinic Internal Medicine Consultant Rahul Jain.
“It must be less effective for many of us now,” Jain said.
However, other people such as the microbiology of non-valuable hospitals Bhaskar Narayan Chaudhuri, however, show that the immunity of the T cells will give some resistance to those who are vaccinated.
“Usually antibodies do not last more than six months.
Those who receive their vaccines in February-March can be at risk during the third wave.
But their infection tends to be mild due to the immunity of the long-time cells,” he said.
However, there is a large population that is not vaccinated at risk of severe infection, Chaudhuri added.
“We have done a random antibody test and a large number has not developed it which means they remain vulnerable,” Chaudhuri said.
Antibodies, however, can last more than a year for some people, Ganguly said.
“I got an antibody test done last month and it was positive.
Because we already know a little about Covid, antibodies can last longer than we take,” Ganguly said.
The need for the third booster dose will depend on the severity of the third wave, feel Chaudhuri.
“Vaccinated populations must remain relatively safe.
But for the rest, the intensity of the wave will depend on how well we stick to the precautions of safety,” he said.