Moderna COVID vaccine may give you more antibodies. What this does and doesn't mean

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People who received the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine had “slightly higher” antibody levels than those who received the Pfizer, now formally called Comirnaty, shot, according to a new small study.

While both vaccines insert molecules called mRNA that teach our bodies how to produce coronavirus antibodies, the Moderna shot uses more than three times the amount of mRNA than the Pfizer vaccine. This, the University of Virginia School of Medicine researchers say, could explain their findings.

So, does that mean the Moderna vaccine offers better protection against COVID-19?

Not necessarily, the team says. It’s still unclear if more antibodies equals more or better protection against the disease. There’s also more to an immune system than antibodies, including T cells and B cells, which the researchers did not study.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/moderna-covid-vaccine-may-more-171929877.html

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1. K&R

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2. I wonder if there are studies going on now comparing the 3 vaccines in the real world.

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3. Same. It would be interesting to know

which vaccine was received for those who have gotten breakthrough COVID infections.

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4. I have been reading up on this

I just got an antibody test and I am moderna and had a low antibody level. There is no clear relationship between antibody level and breakthrough. I am gong to look into a booster