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According to this (preprint) paper(n=52000), recovering from covid-19 protects just as well (or even slightly better) than getting vaccinated. Also note that v
by raarts 5y ago
According to this (preprint) paper(n=52000), recovering from covid-19 protects just as well (or even slightly better) than getting vaccinated.
Also note that vaccines focus on the Spike protein only, and you're immunesystem takes the entire virus into account, which might offer better protection against variants.
https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.01.21258176v3 https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.06.01.21258176v...
- thedrbrian 5y agoPHE are doing one too:- https://www.gov.uk/government/news/past-covid-19-infection-provides-some-immunity-but-people-may-still-carry-and-transmit-virus https://www.gov.uk/government/news/past-covid-19-infection-p... >>PHE scientists working on the study have concluded naturally acquired immunity as a result of past infections provide 83% protection against reinfection, compared to people who have not had the disease before. This appears to last at least for 5 months from first becoming sick.