Raw LLM Responses

Ok No. This has to be put into context. I do not know how true this is regarding COVID-19 because we are currently studying it, but in modern medicine, this is not true. We can’t say one is more important than the other because they both work together to elicit a response that is multitudes better than just one of them. Memory B cells maintain elevated antibodies throughout their existence (not as high as in a primary immune response, but there is a range where antibodies convey immunity). That is what a blood test tests for when you get one. It tests your levels of the antibodies to pathogens like Hep B, MMR, varicella, TB, etc. This is called a **titer**, maybe you heard of it. If you don’t maintain titers in a certain range, then you are considered not immune to the particular pathogen. The memory B cells that are in your lymphoid organs consistently produce antibodies through their existence. If there is a reinfection, then there is a cascade effect that elicits a faster and stronger response due to the existence of memory B cells, but it’s mostly antibodies that drive this response. If you don’t have antibodies (assuming there are no other receptors) then your phagocytes won’t phagocytose the pathogens as efficient as if antibodies were present. Again, I don’t know about the mechanisms of COVID-19 immune response and how that differs to the traditional adaptive immunity, but this is generally how it works, and antibodies are pretty important.