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>The fact that a confirmed natural infection confers immunity equal to or greater than the vaccines is well established at this point. There are something like
by hvac 5y ago
>The fact that a confirmed natural infection confers immunity equal to or greater than the vaccines is well established at this point. There are something like 80 documented reinfections worldwide.
There is definitely a lot more than 80. My impression is that the mRNA vaccines are more effective than natural immunity.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(21)00675-9/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...
- AndrewBissell 5y agoIt doesn't make sense to compare a study where asymptomatic people were being mass tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA with the vaccine trials or the CDC's existing tracking of breakthrough infections, both of which require the presence of symptoms before running any tests. The CDC has even set a lower CT threshold (i.e. higher amount of viral RNA must be present) in order to consider a positive test to be an actual breakthrough infection. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-you-get-covid-twice-what-reinfection-cases-really-mean/2021/04/11/1c738674-9b29-11eb-b2f5-7d2f0182750d_story.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-you-get-covid-tw...