• NotMyOldRedditName@lemmy.world
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    5 days ago

    How does the body target the real virus though if it has the camouflage? Can the body just bypass it if it knows whats beneath, but we’ve been training on the camouflage so it doesn’t know?

    Like, the camouflage doesn’t offer any protection if seen through?

    • Atelopus-zeteki@fedia.io
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      The glycan camouflage is less effective once the immune system has been exposed to the spike protein, and “knows” what to look for, so it can mount a response, through the T and B cells.