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Would getting infected _after_ being vaccinated, which doesn't seem totally unheard of, confer an additional boost to one's immunity?

by thom 5y ago

stanpinte 5y ago
and vice versa?
- thom 5y ago
  I'd specifically prefer to be infected after if I had to choose, on the assumption it'd be milder.
  - Aachen 5y ago
    I've been wondering the same. Heck, perhaps get a third shot just to be safe and then get covid for good measure. But then we don't have enough production capacity for the vaccines worldwide as it is, and I'm not sure about my current chances with 2x mRNA so... it'd be interesting but I don't think I'd actually do it given the chance.
myko 5y ago
Absolutely it would. Which is why it's a good idea to get vaccinated even if you have been infected or think you may have been. The article backs this position up as well, though the headline belies that: "The researchers also found that people who had SARS-CoV-2 previously and then received one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine were more highly protected against reinfection than those who once had the virus and were still unvaccinated."
- jaywalk 5y ago
  It's a good idea why, exactly? Because previously-infected people tend to experience worse vaccine side-effects for little to no additional benefit?
  - myko 5y ago
    > Because previously-infected people tend to experience worse vaccine side-effects for little to no additional benefit? This is not the case. Research it yourself: "Evidence is emerging that people get better protection by being fully vaccinated compared with having had COVID-19. One study showed that unvaccinated people who already had COVID-19 are more than 2 times as likely than fully vaccinated people to get COVID-19 again." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm7032e1_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-already-had-it-experts-say-you-still-need-get-vaccinated/5535920001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covid-19-should-still-get-vaccinated-heres-why https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covi...
    - myko 5y ago
      Folks who are downvoting, please engage with my comments instead.
      - actually_a_dog 5y ago
        FYI, it doesn't pay to make these kinds of comments here. People will downvote both your comment asking why they downvoted, and your original comment. You're just exposing yourself to almost twice as many downvotes, while few people will bother to explain themselves. I have personal experience with this.
        myko 5y ago
        I appreciate your reply, thanks. Still, I would like to help bring the level of discourse on the site up and hopefully some folks are influenced by my comment to abide by the guidelines and engage.
    - moistrobot 5y ago
      don't your links directly contradict the article that was posted? The article states infection from COVID seems to produce better immunity than the vaccines.

Would getting infected _after_ being vaccinated, which doesn't seem totally unheard of, confer an additional boost to one's immunity?

by thom 5y ago

Would getting infected _after_ being vaccinated, which doesn't seem totally unheard of, confer an additional boost to one's immunity?

stanpinte 5y ago

and vice versa?

thom 5y ago
I'd specifically prefer to be infected after if I had to choose, on the assumption it'd be milder.
- Aachen 5y ago
  I've been wondering the same. Heck, perhaps get a third shot just to be safe and then get covid for good measure. But then we don't have enough production capacity for the vaccines worldwide as it is, and I'm not sure about my current chances with 2x mRNA so... it'd be interesting but I don't think I'd actually do it given the chance.

myko 5y ago

Absolutely it would. Which is why it's a good idea to get vaccinated even if you have been infected or think you may have been. The article backs this position up as well, though the headline belies that: "The researchers also found that people who had SARS-CoV-2 previously and then received one dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine were more highly protected against reinfection than those who once had the virus and were still unvaccinated."

jaywalk 5y ago
It's a good idea why, exactly? Because previously-infected people tend to experience worse vaccine side-effects for little to no additional benefit?
- myko 5y ago
  > Because previously-infected people tend to experience worse vaccine side-effects for little to no additional benefit? This is not the case. Research it yourself: "Evidence is emerging that people get better protection by being fully vaccinated compared with having had COVID-19. One study showed that unvaccinated people who already had COVID-19 are more than 2 times as likely than fully vaccinated people to get COVID-19 again." https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm7032e1_w https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm... https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-already-had-it-experts-say-you-still-need-get-vaccinated/5535920001/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/08/09/covid-... https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covid-19-should-still-get-vaccinated-heres-why https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-whove-had-covi...
  - myko 5y ago
    Folks who are downvoting, please engage with my comments instead.
    - actually_a_dog 5y ago
      FYI, it doesn't pay to make these kinds of comments here. People will downvote both your comment asking why they downvoted, and your original comment. You're just exposing yourself to almost twice as many downvotes, while few people will bother to explain themselves. I have personal experience with this.
      - myko 5y ago
        I appreciate your reply, thanks. Still, I would like to help bring the level of discourse on the site up and hopefully some folks are influenced by my comment to abide by the guidelines and engage.
  - moistrobot 5y ago
    don't your links directly contradict the article that was posted? The article states infection from COVID seems to produce better immunity than the vaccines.