Learn the secrets of the COVID-19 “super dodgers” who have managed to avoid the virus. Scientists share the answers to their success.
Why are some people asymptomatic?
The absence of severe symptoms may make it seem that more people are avoiding COVID-19 than actually are. The only issue with this theory is that it doesn’t address any individuals who are actually dodging infections from COVID-19. Scientists can identify these people through their antibodies. Whether their symptoms are severe, mild or not noticeable at all, any individual infected with SARS-CoV-2 — the virus behind COVID-19 — maintains a measurable amount of antibodies for some number of months after their infection fades., almost 60 percent of individuals in the U.S. possess these antibodies, meaning almost 60 percent of individuals have had the virus.
So, what about the others? Why aren’t they contracting COVID-19, and is it possible that they possess some sort of natural immunity to the virus? Scientists say maybe. Since the start of the pandemic, they’ve wondered whether some people possess a specific mutation in their genes that makes them resistant, if not completely immune, to SARS-CoV-2.Though that sort of genetic mutation is rare, it is possible. Scientists know of severalin genes that make people resistant to a virus.
With this in mind, scientists are starting to study whether specific mutations could be making COVID-19 "super-dodgers" impervious to SARS-CoV-2 infection. Though they’ve found no such mutations as of yet, they are identifying genetic variations that protect people against COVID-19’s more serious symptoms.
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