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CNN: British study shows evidence of waning immunity to Covid-19

By CNN.

Published Oct. 27, 2020. Updated Oct. 27 at 5:56 am

Nurses connect patients to a dialysis machine on May 23, 2020. The machine cleans the blood from waste products, keeping alive those whose kidneys can’t do the job.

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A study of hundreds of thousands of people across England suggests immunity to the coronavirus is gradually wearing off – at least according to one measure. Researchers who sent out home finger-prick tests to more than 365,000 randomly selected people in England found a more than 26% decline in Covid-19 antibodies over just three months.