traxter said:
Rick Burns said:
NASAg03 said:
Reinfection delay of 179 to 315 days
21% reinfected
0.3% chance of a severe case needing hospitalization when reinfected.
0 cases needing ICU
0 deaths
These numbers seem far better than vaxx numbers.
Say it again for the people in the back.
Probably, at least in part, because primary infection is more likely to take out those that are more frail. Those that are vaccinated are still facing that first round challenge to their bodies - and data shows that they handle it a lot better than unvaccinated.
I'm not sure that explaination squares. Even amongst the most frail, the survival rate is still 90-95% (depending on how specific you get), right? That leaves a huge segment of frail folks who will - by nature of reality - be older and weaker when they're reinfected.
Put more simply: you'd expect someone who barely survived Covid round 1 and was left with long Covid deteriorated health to be easier to pick off for round 2. There should be SOME instances like that, right?!
I think the simpler explaination is that the novel infection is the highest risk one, and subsequent reinfection (even by variant) really is far easier for the body to detect and quickly fend off.