@bosco17- GOod morning. I think that there might be two things going on that are contributing to a sense of protection. I need to know what you mean by less vaccine protection. Are you referring to having a smaller dose of a vaccine or that the protection is less than promised or that there are fewer people who have protection?

Protocols that have led to available vaccines have not claimed 100% protection, for anyone! And since many people react to the vaccines so differently that at this early stage in studies, and research there just hasn't been enough time to study what antibody studies really mean for each person. When antibodies are found it might mean that a person was infected with SARS-CoV-2 and their body’s immune system responded to the virus at some point in the past. People develop antibodies when their body’s immune system responds to an infection. These antibodies can be found in the blood of people previously infected whether or not they had signs or symptoms of illness.

When antibody tests fall short (https://www.path.org/articles/what-can-covid-19-antibody-tests-really-tell-us/)

Antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 infection may give some degree of protection against COVID-19. But scientists cannot yet confirm how strong the protection may be or how long it may last. Adding to the uncertainty—some early point-of-care antibody tests delivered a high number of false positives, mistakenly signaling that people had been infected when in fact they had not been infected.

Because there are still many unknowns, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cautions against using antibody tests to guide important decisions about when people can return to work, school, church, or other gathering spots, or even if you get the virus or not.

That’s disappointing news for those who hoped the antibody tests might point the way to safe reopening.

This present administration has been very transparent about information regarding COIVD-19 and present vaccines. I don't know about you but this sure does make me feel protected- that we know things that are happening, more statistics, and relying on science to lead us. Not everything is known. Research and trials are still going on and I presume that they will for years to come. I think that any sense of false protection does not come from science, trials, or tests, but from influences around us. This false sense of protection could also be hope in disguise.

I'd like to ask you if you have a sense of false protection?

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