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Actually being infected with Covid (symptomatic) probably does confer the best immunity possible, for sure. You should still get vaccinated after that though, b
by ramraj07 5y ago
Actually being infected with Covid (symptomatic) probably does confer the best immunity possible, for sure. You should still get vaccinated after that though, because research suggests that vaccination can significantly help alleviate long COViD symptoms which a large fraction of patients have. Haven’t seen actual numbers on the immunity boost conferred by post-Covid vaccination though (no reason to think it’ll not add at least a slight bit).
- maxerickson 5y agoThe stabilized spike used in several of the vaccines appears to offer better resistance to new infection than convalescent immunity. (The theory is that the vaccine antibodies do a better job of binding to the active site on infectious virus particles than the antibodies induced from infection, which bind to whichever part of the virus, and may bind to the form the active site takes after attaching to a cell, rather than prior) Also, getting the vaccine as early as it is available is a better way to avoid long Covid than getting the vaccine after you've had a course of infection.
- tchalla 5y ago> Actually being infected with Covid (symptomatic) probably does confer the best immunity possible, for sure. I don't think so. We have multiple links in this thread that say otherwise.