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> It's also getting less politically viable when ~70% of Americans have had covid (the CDC estimated 60% in late April) This means nothing. The virus reinfect

> It's also getting less politically viable when ~70% of Americans have had covid (the CDC estimated 60% in late April) This means nothing. The virus reinfects people with existing immunity. For example Senator Wicker from MS is on his _third_ infection: https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2022/06/13/senator-roger-wicker-has-covid-19-its-the-third-time-hes-known-to-have-been-infected/ https://www.magnoliastatelive.com/2022/06/13/senator-roger-w... Two of those infections have been in the last four months alone! We have to use NPIs like masking to stop the virus from spreading in order to stop new variants from evolving. There is no herd immunity. There is no natural immunity.

Izkata 4y ago
> He said in February that he is fully vaccinated against the virus. It's looking more and more likely that this is why most people are getting reinfected. Last month OAS made the news, just not by name: https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328102 https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/328102 > Vaccines against the coronavirus may impair the body’s ability to produce a key type of antibody, thus potentially limiting the immune system’s defenses against mutated strains of the virus, a new study suggests. > The study draws upon data collected during Moderna’s randomized control trial for its mRNA SARS-CoV-2 vaccine, from July 2020 through March 2021.