Dr. Scott Atlas says focusing on T-cell immunity is the best forward to long-term protection against coronavirus.

Over the past few months, we’ve written extensively about T-cells and how they may offer long-lasting protection against COVID-19. T-cells also called T lymphocyte or memory T-cells, are one of two primary types of lymphocytes—B cells being the second type—that determine the specificity of the immune response to antigens (foreign substances) in the body. Their main purpose is to identify and kill invading pathogens or infected cells.

Based on multiple research in Europe and the United States, scientists discovered some coronavirus patients recovered from COVID-19 infection but mysteriously did not have any antibodies against the virus. They later found that many of these coronavirus patients recovered from COVID-19 infection due to the presence of T-cell immunity in their bodies.

For months, the United States has spent time and millions of dollars on antibody testing while neglecting T-cell testing, which scientists found to provide long-term protection against COVID-19. Even worse, most of the vaccines currently in production only focus on antibody immunity protection, which comes from B-cell. The problem, however, is that antibody immunity is short-lived and only lasts for six months.

In a new study first published in the journal Nature and led by Antonio Bertoletti and a team of researchers at the Duke-NUS Medical School in Singapore, they found that these “memory T cells might protect some people newly infected with SARS-CoV-2 by remembering past encounters with other human coronaviruses. This might potentially explain why some people seem to fend off the virus and may be less susceptible to becoming severely ill with COVID-19”

It’s surprising that not many people in the scientific community or the media are talking about the importance of T-cell immunity. Now, it seems the media is slowing talking about the need to focus more on T-cell immunity. Yesterday night, Dr. Scott Atlas, the former chief of neuroradiology at Stanford University Medical Center and a senior fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution, spoke with Fox News host, Laura Ingrahm to explain the T-cell immunity. He echoed some of the previous findings from other scientists. He also shared some evidence that suggests T-cell immunity may provide long-lasting protection against coronavirus.

Below is a 4-minute video of Dr. Atlas with Laura Ingram. Hats off to Dr. James Todaro from Columbia University Medical school for posting the video. Here is Dr. Todaro summarizes the interview.

Dr. Atlas explains T-cell immunity on @IngrahamAngle tonight stating evidence suggests T-cell immunity:

– comes from prior coronaviruses
– is the reason children are less affected by COVID-19
– is more important than antibodies
– is why fewer people are susceptible to COVID-19

Dr. Atlas explains T-cell immunity on @IngrahamAngle tonight stating evidence suggests T-cell immunity:

– comes from prior coronaviruses
– is the reason children are less affected by COVID-19
– is more important than antibodies
– is why fewer people are susceptible to COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/BmitGEwtcs

— James Todaro, MD (@JamesTodaroMD) September 25, 2020