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Not really. If you are talking about pre-existing immunity from prior infection, the benefit may be less, and in fact it is recommended not to vaccinate within
by Pyramus 5y ago
Not really. If you are talking about pre-existing immunity from prior infection, the benefit may be less, and in fact it is recommended not to vaccinate within 6 months of infection.
If you are talking about innate immunity or cross-immunity from SARS-Cov-1 it's super rare and hasn't been shown to be relevant in most Western countries.
To see the (reduced) benefit even with prior infection just look at the numerous reports of re-infection, be it with a mutated version or otherwise, as well as the numerous reports of prior infected subjects with no or very little antibodies after a couple of months (not the full picture but still).
> People should be informed about the risks.
Show me one vaccine/medication where people were more informed than about the current Covid vaccines. We are at the point that for most folks it's riskier to drive to the vaccination appointment by car then the actual vaccination.
- chitowneats 5y agoIt's also riskier for most folks to drive a car than to catch Covid. I agree that people should look at their specific case and do honest risk/benefit analysis. Most of what I've seen, however, feels more like herd mentality behavior based on one's political leanings. Or people feeling they genuinely don't have a choice, given impending requirements and restrictions from their local governments and employers. Edit: not sure why I'm being downvoted. It should be common knowledge at this point that people in their 20's, 30's, and 40's have a higher risk of automobile accident, suicide, drug overdose, etc, than of covid death.
- Pyramus 5y agoAs a European I do not understand what vaccination has to do with political leaning. It's even stranger that in the US pro-life (abortion) seems to correlate with pro-choice (vaccines)? I do understand however that society as a whole says "if you are not willing to take a negligible risk for us, we are not taking risks for you".
- MockObject 5y agoWe are in an unfortunate state of hyper-polarization where, if one side advocates something, the other side feels compelled to reject it. Unfortunately, this has even extended into medicine. Many such cases! Sad!
- maxerickson 5y agoI estimated that my risk from getting infected was similar to the lifetime risk of driving. If I could get a shot that protected me from car accidents, I'd do that too.
- chitowneats 5y agoThe shot doesn't last a lifetime. You'll need two shots a year, at minimum. Third and fourth booster shots needed in the fall are already being discussed.
- yonaguska 5y ago> it is recommended not to vaccinate within 6 months of infection. 24/7 ads and encouragement for people to get the vaccine, almost to the point that it's a moral virtue means that tons of people are getting the vaccine, even having recently caught covid-19.
- Pyramus 5y agoYou can't get the vaccine without anamnesis/checking your medical history, and one item is prior infection.
- MockObject 5y agoNot in the US. I got my first vaccine shot, Moderna, with no medical consultation at all. Nobody asked me if I'd gotten Covid already. And I had never heard about this six month interval until this moment.
- Pyramus 5y agoInteresting, could you elaborate more? The six month interval is not a universal truth but the recommendation by the German regulator [1]. [1] https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/50476/do-the-covid-19-vaccines-have-worse-side-effects-for-people-who-have-already-con https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/50476/do-the-co...
- MockObject 5y agoWhat would you like me to elaborate exactly?
- Pyramus 5y agoJust interested how the vaccinations were done where you got it, small/big city, who administered it etc...
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