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From what I’ve gathered sterilizing immunity is not the norm for people who have had COVID-19 (and apparently most other disease). It can only be achieved by va
by ricardobeat 5y ago
From what I’ve gathered sterilizing immunity is not the norm for people who have had COVID-19 (and apparently most other disease). It can only be achieved by vaccines developed for this purpose.
- walterbell 5y agoThe purpose of vaccines is to simulate the natural process which leads to immunity, while lowering the risk of serious illness. The "gold standard" is natural immunity, not vaccines. It would be helpful if you could share one or more sources for your claim.
- ricardobeat 5y agoI don’t think that’s how it works. If you have sources showing that natural immunity = sterilizing immunity, please share, otherwise we have to assume the existing consensus that sterilizing immunity is a special condition not usually achieved after infection for airborne viruses. Not a direct source but you can check refs 41-47 on this paper: https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.571481/full https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2020.5714...