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A lot of people already have had the virus though. From the article: > During lockdowns, essential and frontline workers bore the brunt of COVID-19 cases while
by ifyoubuildit 5y ago
A lot of people already have had the virus though. From the article:
> During lockdowns, essential and frontline workers bore the brunt of COVID-19 cases while affluent professionals stayed home, teleworked, and ordered delivery. These workers were once called “heroes.” Now the Zoom class labels the same workers “anti-vaxxers” if they prefer to rely on the natural immunity many of them have already acquired from previous infections.
- bayesian_horse 5y agoGetting vaccinated after successful recovery even improves immunity against Covid-19 reinfection. So there is a medical benefit in vaccinating the recovered. Also, it is extremely hard to scientifically and politically account for recovery as proof of vaccination. In some European countries, it sort of works, when you have good standards on how exactly to determine and track infection and recovery. Even then there are tradeoffs, because the immunity after vaccination is much better studied and much more predictable.