Gupta: T-Cell Immunity Could Be Protection from Covid; 40 Percent of the Population May Already Have It

RUSH EXCERPT:

GUPTA: “This is fascinating. Antibodies are easily measurable. Those are the cells that bind to the virus. T-cells are the core sort of component of the adaptive or memory immune system. They sort of trigger everything. They have components that can go after the virus itself, but typically they’ll start antibody production. They’ll start the immune system revved up. If you have t-cell reactivity, that means the t-cells are already primed, they’re ready to go. As soon as it sees the virus, it can start to rev up that immune system and stop the infection. Now, why would someone have t-cell reactivity that’s never been exposed to the Coronavirus? That’s been a big question lately? If you’ve had exposure to other coronaviruses. Many of which cause common cold like symptoms, you may have t-cell reactivity as a result of that, what some studies are showing, is that up to 40% of the population. These are studies still, 40% of the population may have some component of t-cell reactivity.”