# Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements **URL:** \ **Category:** The Quarantine Zone\ **Tags:** covid-quarantine\ **Created:** [January 23, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258 "2022-01-23T03:25:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 293
**Author:** ![Magiver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4491bb/32.png) [@Magiver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magiver)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258/293 "2022-02-01T22:55:09Z")
> [@puzzlegal](#): > > You can’t “demonstrate immunity”. You can test yes/no for the presence of antibodies, which does not guarantee immunity. There exist quantitative tests of how many antibodies you have, which give a lot more information, but as best as I can tell, they aren’t used outside of clinical trials – I know my immune-compromised SIL has been trying to get a quantitative test and her doctors just looked at her funny, so she’s given up. Either they can track it or they can’t and that applies to all the vaccines. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258)._