By nationwide science, innovation and environment reporter Michael Slezak and the Specialist Reporting Team’s Brooke Wylie
Posted.
March 22, 2020 06: 05:32
We are most likely to establish immunity to COVID-19, making re-infection unlikely and raising the chances of vaccines being extremely efficient, according to the Australian researcher who found a crucial method the body immune system fights infections.
Key points:
- Professor Doherty does not believe contracting COVID-19 two times is highly likely
- He states if a client did catch it two times, the prior infection would provide fast immunity
- He believes a vaccine will be readily available within 12 to 18 months
In 1996, Peter Doherty won the Nobel Reward in Physiology or Medication for discovering how the immune system determines cells that have