The body can learn. Once an antibody is shaped to fit the antigen, the B cell to which it is attached starts to make many more antibodies. These new antibodies go out to find and tag the invaders. Those antibodies that are left over stay as "memory" in the body. That is why some people think it is good to get some diseases in childhood; with some "memory" of diseases in your body, you have a head start in antibody production.
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