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You're missing the point. Prior infection creates a much broader response than vaccination does.

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• tomrod 5y ago
  No, the point is clear but missing an essential detail. Vaccination results in much better outcomes when you do get the disease. Ergo the ideal is to be vaccinated, and then if you so happen to get sick, recovery is quicker and you have a stronger immune response.
  • jaywalk 5y ago
    What are you talking about? I've seen studies that suggest vaccination in addition to natural immunity can result in higher levels of antibodies, but I've seen nothing to suggest that vaccination results in "much better outcomes" as compared to natural immunity. People with natural immunity aren't even getting infected in any meaningful numbers, while fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected left and right.
    • tomrod 5y ago
      You jumped ahead a bit. Let me clarify. If you are unvaccinated and have not had the disease, then if you get infected your prognosis is much poorer than being vaccinated. If you are vaccinated and get infected, you have a better outcome. If you are both vaccinated and have had prior immunity, see the discussion on other threads in this discussion.
      • darthvoldemort 5y ago
        You forgot: If you are unvaccinated and previously got infected, you now have a much better outcome than being vaccinated, including from future variants of the virus.
        • jaywalk 5y ago
          You are now banned from YouTube.