Even Mild Covid May Lead to Lifelong Antibody Protection

Doctor or medtech shows rapid laboratory COVID-19 test to detect IgM and IgG antibodies to Novel Coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 with positive result. By anyaivanova/Shutterstock

Months after recovering from mild cases of COVID-19, people still have immune cells in their body pumping out antibodies against the virus that causes COVID-19, according to a new study.

Those cells could persist for a lifetime, churning out antibodies all the while.