Posted on 01/20/2022 11:52:33 AM PST by Heartlander
On Wednesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provided new research showing that, during the recent Delta wave, individuals who had previously contracted COVID-19 had more protection against the virus than those who had been vaccinated.
“Before the Delta variant, Covid-19 vaccination resulted in better protection against a subsequent infection than surviving a previous infection,” CDC epidemiologist Benjamin Silk told the Wall Street Journal. “When looking at the summer and fall of 2021, when Delta became predominant in this country, however, surviving a previous infection now provided greater protection.”
Both vaccinated individuals and those who had recovered from the virus showed significant defense, scientists added. (The CDC released its findings to reporters, but its research was not yet available online as of Thursday morning.)
Previous research suggests receiving vaccination after a COVID infection can offer additional protection against the virus.
“Recent research,” the Mayo Clinic says, “suggests that people who got COVID-19 in 2020 and then received mRNA vaccines produce very high levels of antibodies that are likely effective against current and, possibly, future variants. Some scientists call this hybrid immunity.”
The findings are significant and dovetail with recent scientific research out of Israel that showed previous infection from COVID-19 conferred longer-lasting and more robust protection than vaccines against the Delta variant.
Following the Israel study, prominent scientists argued that the fact that natural immunity offered more protection than vaccines made mandatory vaccination unscientific and unethical.
“Prior COVID disease (many working class) provides better immunity than vaccines (many professionals), so vaccine mandates are not only scientific nonsense, they are also discriminatory and unethical,” wrote Harvard Medical School professor Martin Kulldorff, an epidemiologist and biostatistician.
Prior COVID disease (many working class) provides better immunity than vaccines (many professionals), so vaccine mandates are not only scientific nonsense, they are also discriminatory and unethical. https://t.co/d14kTPnCWk — Martin Kulldorff (@MartinKulldorff) August 27, 2021
The CDC’s findings were released days after the Supreme Court ruled that President Joe Biden’s vaccinate-or-test requirement for businesses with more than 100 employees was unconstitutional.
The high court’s decision prompted some businesses, including Starbucks, to scrap their vaccine mandates for employees.
"We respect the Court's ruling and will comply," John Culver, COO and group president for North America at Starbucks, told employees on Tuesday.
Despite the protection offered by previous COVID infection, many public officials and countries have been reluctant to recognize natural immunity.
Novak Djokovic, the world’s top-ranked tennis player, recently had his visa seized by Australian authorities when he arrived (unvaccinated) to play in the Australian Open, even though he was initially granted a medical exemption because of a recent COVID infection. Meanwhile, Austria’s conservative government recently announced it will make vaccination compulsory for adults, who will face steep fines—up to 3600 euros—if they fail to comply, even if they have already had the virus.
In the United States, universities have been inclined to expel students not considered “fully vaccinated,” which in some cases reportedly includes students who’ve had multiple vaccine shots, have previously had COVID, and have received a medical exemption from a physician.
Recent evidence, however, suggests the reluctance to treat individuals who’ve had COVID as “fully vaccinated” may be waning. The NCAA, for example, recently announced in its winter guidelines that athletes who previously had COVID will be considered “fully vaccinated” if the infection took place within three months.
The CDC’s announcement that previous infection offered more protection than vaccination against the Delta variant is likely to fuel calls to end vaccine mandates, particularly for individuals who’ve already been infected.
Fauci said...”Me thinks not”....Get the jab...
Zero CREDIBILITY...even when they speak the truth.
Even a broke clock is right twice/day.
Truth coming out in waves now. I sense this whole thing is over just in time for elections.
Is the CDC trying to say something true to throw everyone off?
Is there an actual CDC statement on this?
There’s no such link or the CDC releasing this information. If someone has it please post it…
The vax Nazis are obsessed with everyone, no matter what, getting the jab. They are impossible to reason with. They don’t want to hear anything but what’s embedded in their minds. I know from experience and now will not waste my time and go through the anguish of dealing with them.
“Before the Delta variant, Covid-19 vaccination resulted in better protection against a subsequent infection than surviving a previous infection,”
Based on what data? Non-peer reviewed studies funded by the vaccine manufacturers?
It’s okay because if it not the jab it will back to endless accusations of racism or maybe global warming?
Surprise me.
As such, I think I now have natural immunity against the Omicron variant and don't know it, either.
No duh.
The amount of literally anti-science propagated by MSM and deep state was huge.
It was as if the science of immunology no longer existed or held true.
It still is that way in large part.
COVID-19 Cases and Hospitalizations by COVID-19 Vaccination Status and Previous COVID-19 Diagnosis — California and New York, May–November 2021Early Release / January 19, 2022 / 71
I’d like to know it the delta antibodies are better than omicron or the other way around...?
Yes, once again proven correct!
#Pureblood
Ya don’t say...
These scientists are all just guessing - you can’t even see a lot of these things under a microscope - some of these micro organisms are theoretical. In other words, they might not even exist.
They do that with invisible stars where they see a visible star acting wobbly, so they deduce there must be an invisible twin to account for the wobble.
Steven Hawkings got famous for his guesses about black holes that turned out to be wrong.
But in these professions, there is no upside to admitting you don’t know.
Its a lot like checking the weather forecasts. We all do it - even though they are hardly ever right - it seems somehow irresponsible not to.
So I say, just keep getting the boosters - what could possibly go wrong?
“Before the Delta variant, Covid-19 vaccination resulted in better protection against a subsequent infection than surviving a previous infection,” .... “When looking at the summer and fall of 2021, when Delta became predominant.... however, surviving a previous infection now provided greater protection.”......
To me this suggests that the vaccines might have been effective in the early part of the year, when first given, but started wearing off when Delta made its appearance.
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