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Of course we have evidence that natural immunity is more effective than the vaccine. There have been tens of millions of people infected, and it’s front page n
by zaroth 6y ago
Of course we have evidence that natural immunity is more effective than the vaccine.
There have been tens of millions of people infected, and it’s front page news when they find someone who has been re-infected.
They put the vaccine at about 95% whereas natural immunity is clearly upwards of 99.9%.
- n8henrie 6y ago> it’s front page news when they find someone who has been re-infected Absolutely false. As I pointed out, I've seen multiple cases myself, as have many of my colleagues. Not only are they not newsworthy, they are hardly interesting at this point.
- bsder 6y ago> They put the vaccine at about 95% whereas natural immunity is clearly upwards of 99.9%. That's not true for any disease known to man. In addition, the reason why reinfections are so "rare" medically is that the criteria for it are so stringent. The patient has to have a positive COVID test, get over COVID, have a negative COVID test after long enough to believe that the virus cleared, catch the disease again after some time, and then get another positive test. There are very few people who will meet that criteria given the rarity of COVID tests until about October. Sadly, given the current rate of spread and the anecdotal evidence from others about reinfections, we should start getting enough people in that cohort to begin estimating the reinfection rate.