Jmiller said:
gunan01 said:
coolerguy12 said:
Why do you need a vaccine after having Covid? That would be like wearing a condom after having a vasectomy.
This is completely wrong and I just wanted to make sure that people understand this is wrong.
The recent Nature article on the other thread (among other research) makes it clear vaccine immunity is superior to the "natural" immunity from the virus itself. It's exhausting having to correct this misconception over and over.
Thank you for the correction and providing a source (something not included in any of the counter arguments). It's exhausting but needed.
This is a very helpful article on the topic from directorsblog.nih.gov
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By closely examining the results, the researchers uncovered important differences between acquired immunity in people who'd been vaccinated and unvaccinated people who'd been previously infected with SARS-CoV-2. Specifically, antibodies elicited by the mRNA vaccine were more focused to the RBD compared to antibodies elicited by an infection, which more often targeted other portions of the spike protein. Importantly, the vaccine-elicited antibodies targeted a broader range of places on the RBD than those elicited by natural infection.
These findings suggest that natural immunity and vaccine-generated immunity to SARS-CoV-2 will differ in how they recognize new viral variants. What's more, antibodies acquired with the help of a vaccine may be more likely to target new SARS-CoV-2 variants potently, even when the variants carry new mutations in the RBD.
Right, and check. In a lab the vaccine looks to be more protective.
Now how about the huge natural lab we've got going on in the world. If there was an actual risk for the recovered, one would expect worldwide to see reports - lots of them - of reinfections. That would be alarming, that would be news, and by God the media would be all over it.
There is no evidence of that occurring. I cannot prove a negative, so I have no source other than my eyeballs. But there you go.
