Posted on 07/19/2022 4:08:09 PM PDT by Enlightened1
Importantly, the Cornell University-funded study found that both natural immunity and vaccines offer “strong and durable protection” against Covid-related hospitalization and death.
While it’s true that immunization wanes, new scientific research from The New England Journal of Medicine suggests natural immunity lasts longer than immunity acquired from vaccines.
The study, a case–control analysis based on data from Qatar collected from December 23, 2021 through February 21, 2022, involved millions of people, including 1,306,862 who received at least two doses of the Pfizer vaccine (BNT162b2) and 893,671 people who received at least two doses of the Moderna vaccine (mRNA-1273), as well unvaccinated individuals.
The best news is that “any form of previous immunity, whether induced by previous infection or vaccination, is associated with strong and durable protection against Covid-19–related hospitalization and death.” (In other words, both vaccines and natural immunity reduce the risk of hospitalization or death from Covid.)
“The combination of prior, full vaccination and prior infection was maximally protective,” researchers said in a summary of the study’s findings released last month by the Weill Cornell Medicine Newsroom. “Individuals with prior infection and three doses of either mRNA vaccine were, overall, nearly 80 percent protected from symptomatic infection during the omicron wave.”
“A key finding was that a history of vaccination with the standard two doses of either the Pfizer or Moderna mRNA vaccine, but no history of prior infection, brought no significant protection against symptomatic omicron infection,” researchers said.
In regards to the Pfizer vaccine, three shots offered considerably more protection. But the protection was still lower than natural immunity, which offered stronger and more sustained protection from infection than vaccination. (Researchers noted that “people with a prior-variant infection were moderately protected from omicron with little decline in protection even a year after their prior infection.”)
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$hot $hills most saddened.
You love the clot shot and many are telling the government to suck it.
It is what it is.
“Natural Immunity Offered More Protection Against Omicron Than 3 Vaccine Doses, New England Journal of Medicine Study Finds”
the ACTUAL conclusion of the study was:
“Conclusions
No discernible differences in protection against symptomatic BA.1 and BA.2 infection were seen with previous infection, vaccination, and hybrid immunity. Vaccination enhanced protection among persons who had had a previous infection. Hybrid immunity resulting from previous infection and recent booster vaccination conferred the strongest protection.”
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203965
How dumb does one have to be to still be a $hot $hill?
Imagine that.
The human immune system comes through again.
“Ever wonder why all anti-vaxxers never had the jab themselves?”
Kind of a stupid question.
“Strange how the study found 2 doses barely effective but 3 were almost as good as natural immunity.”
I think it’s because immediately after getting a booster the immune system responds as if there’s an active infection and produces enough antibodies to fight that infection. To maintain that level, though, one would likely need boosters every few months.
That makes good sense to me.
On surface it does sound stupid, but it is exactly same as some virgins avoid sex because so many acquired STD’s from it.
Whereas I speak from PERSONAL experience with 4 covid jabs none of the anti-vaxxers have any such experience, nothing, zilch, nada, shoonya.
Sacrificing one life for a worthless AND unsafe flu shot, is criminal.
Hope you are skipping the jabs. Your quota can be sent to poorer countries who can’t afford the shots.
So ignore the government agency funded with Billions of your tax dollars, but listen to anonymous medically unqualified posters on FR? OKKKKAY got it.
Another pathetic low IQ fearful idiot. Slurping on the government lies from 2020. I really with you would all leave FR.
So ignore the government agency funded with Billions of your tax dollars, but listen to anonymous medically unqualified posters on FR?
Yes....I ignore the ADMITTED LIARS, CDC.
Telling, though, you give them your undying, unwavering support, though.
And...which “unqualified FReepers” are you talking about?
I listen to REAL docs and scientists...ones who your evil paymasters have attempted to smear, take away licenses, close their practices, etc.
And, this thread happens to be talking about a Cornell University-funded study as well as research from The New England Journal of Medicine.
So, yes, we’ll take THEIR advice over some anonymous, unqualified but BigPharma/CDC paid FR poster(s).
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