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> Natural immunity targets the whole virus, so whatever immune-escape such a virus evolves, it would have to be far more comprehensive to have a significant eff
by EMM_386 5y ago
> Natural immunity targets the whole virus, so whatever immune-escape such a virus evolves, it would have to be far more comprehensive to have a significant effect.
I never thought about it that way. That would mean, if the virus evolves a more efficient ACE-2 binding domain that the mRNA vaccines fail to recognize, the vaccinated population would be more at risk than the unvaccinated population who has been previously exposed.