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From the CDC: "People who have gotten sick with COVID-19 may still benefit from getting vaccinated. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and
by mkolodny 6y ago
From the CDC:
"People who have gotten sick with COVID-19 may still benefit from getting vaccinated. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that re-infection with COVID-19 is possible, people may be advised to get a COVID-19 vaccine even if they have been sick with COVID-19 before."
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-benefits/facts.html#:~:text=FACT%3A%20People%20who%20have%20gotten,sick%20with%20COVID-19%20before https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/vaccine-b....
- varispeed 6y agoThis doesn't explain why it will benefit someone. The text is alarmingly vague.
- lm2s 6y ago> Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that re-infection with COVID-19 is possible (...)
- paganel 6y agoPresumably one could get re-infected after vaccination, too, isn't that how vaccines work? I.e. they try to simulate as close as possible a real prior infection.
- Camas 6y ago>Some early evidence suggests natural immunity may not last very long. Doesn't the evidence so far suggest the exact opposite?
- tim333 6y agoI think so. The antibodies drop off rapidly but that's normal with viruses. Sars 1 patients still have T cell response 17 years later.