Trump right again...Coronavirus outbreak on Seattle fishing boat may offer insight into immunity

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://www.foxnews.com/health/coronavirus-outbreak-seattle-fishing-boat-
insight-immunity

A widespread coronavirus outbreak aboard a Seattle-based fishing boat may
wield the first direct evidence that antibodies can offer protective
immunity from the virus, according to a report on Tuesday.

Crewmembers of the vessel were studied before and after its 18-day voyage
in May that would eventually see more than 85 percent of the crew infected
with the virus in the days after returning to port.

Before the ship set sail, blood samples were collected and showed that
three of the 122 people aboard had a positive antibody response,
indicating they had been previously infected and recovered, according to
researchers from the University of Washington and Fred Hutchinson Cancer
Research Center -- who analyzed the natural experiment.

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While 104 of the 120 crew members would test positive for the coronavirus
-- the three who had neutralizing antibodies beforehand didn't become
infected.

“It’s a strong indication that the presence of neutralizing antibodies is
associated with protection from the virus,” said Dr. Alex Greninger, co-
author of the report posted on MedRxiv, according to the Seattle Times.
“It’s hopeful news.”

The blood testing of nearly the entire crew and the stunning rate of
infection in close quarters means it's likely the three were exposed to
the virus during the outbreak, said Mark Slifka, an immunologist and
vaccine developer at Oregon Health & Science University.

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“While this is a small study, it offers a remarkable, real-life, human
experiment,” Danny Altmann, professor of immunology at Imperial College
London, wrote in a commentary on the report that has yet to be peer-
reviewed. “Who knew immunology research on fishing boats could be so
informative?”

The study's pre-departure testing found that none of the crewmembers were
positive for the virus. However, 18 days into its voyage, the ship
returned to port after a person got sick and needed hospitalization.
Testing over the next 50 days showed that 104 crew members would become
infected.

Greninger said that the 15 other crew members who never became infected
possibly had jobs on the boat that protected them from exposure, according
to the paper. He added that three other crewmembers had antibodies that
binded to the capsule of the novel coronavirus, but failed to block
infection.

LASTING IMMUNITY SEEN AFTER MILD COVID-19 INFECTION: REPORT

The vessel in question was reportedly the FV American Dynasty, which had
been fishing off the Washington coast when the outbreak struck, Greninger
told the Seattle Times.

The report comes as a series of new studies have revealed signs of strong
and lasting immunity in people who developed a mild coronavirus infection,
according to the New York Times.

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The next step will be determining how long the immunity protection will
last, but the studies are seen as an encouraging sign amid the race for a
vaccine.



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