The Artificial Development & Inducement of Antibody Production through the Immune System

Ending COVID 

Adaptive Immunity 

How the Body Creates Antibodies (Artificial Inducement) 

Note: This is a briefing on how antibodies are formed, however it is important to remember that most people do not currently need the COVID Vaccine at this point, in order to resume living, as most have already been exposed to the virus, and have created antibodies via a natural process through their immune system. 

Starting with a return to discussing what antibodies (or immunoglobulins (Ig)) are and how they form in the human body. Antibodies are important because the immune system needs them to fight of foreign invaders into the body, such as a virus like COVID. 

The antibody is a small protein molecule that is designed to identify and bind to a specific part of the virus as soon as it enters the body. The surface where the antibody binds to is called an antigen, the location on the surface is referred to as an antigenic site or epitope. There are a variety of different types of antibodies, IgG, IgA, IgM, IgD, and Ig E. Usually the amount of antibodies found in the human body is quite low, however when a virus (antigen/pathogen) enters the body the immune system responds, by increasing the amount produced. 

The first time the human immune system sees a new antigen (a foreign unrecognizable pathogen) it needs to prepare to destroy it. Once an antigen/pathogen (such as a virus) enters the body, it can multiply and cause symptoms leading to illness. However, if the immune system creates antibodies targeted towards the identified antigen, then when the same antigen is seen again, the immune system is poised to confine and destroy the antigen/pathogen. This is the process known as adaptive immunity in the immune system. 

Creating adaptive immunity towards viruses found in the environment, is important to maintaining good health in the human body. The primary way that the immune system creates antibodies is through the natural process known as adaptive immunity, however there are ways to induce this process artificially, one such way is by using a vaccine. 

In this case, when the live pathogen (virus such as COVID) infects the body, the response is rapid and the pathogen is prevented from causing the targeted illness. In order to trigger this adaptive immunity process and immune memory a vaccine will expose the body to the targeted antigen/pathogen (such as the COVID virus), without causing the disease.  And reducing the presence of symptoms in an ideal situation, preventing further damage to the human body. This is the case for those who have not already been exposed to the virus.  

Although vaccines are crucial when a person is young, to help the immune system, those past that stage are usually capable of fighting of invading viruses, using their own immune system to some extent (however highly advisable to get one if not previously exposed, especially if traveling). After natural exposure to a viral strain, the body has already developed antibodies to fight of the incoming virus. Once a vaccine is widely available, those who are immuno-compromised (weak immune system), or the elderly are the ones who are going to need it most.

The rest of the population can choose whether to get vaccinated or not, depending on the strain present, and prior exposure. Similar to the yearly flu shot (influenza/H1N1, etc.), vaccines can change annually, in order to be relevant to the virus targeted. At this time it is not of extreme concern, to seize normal living in a population which has already been heavily exposed to a virus.