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Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by Reason077 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:10AM (#25580338)
Another reason why herd immunity won't work is because natural Covid-19 immunity seems to have a pretty short duration based on my own experience.

Source: Had Covid in March 2020, then again in December 2020. Only the second time was confirmed by PCR test (tests were not readily available back in March), but the symptoms are exactly the same so I'm convinced I've had it twice now. Immunity doesn't last 9 months!

Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by hef19898 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @05:44AM (#25580568)
Covid shares a lot of symptoms with other diseases. It is impossible to reliably say you already had Covid back in March, it could be a lot different things.
Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by Reason077 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:14AM (#25580737)
Yes, I cannot prove anything with certainty. But the symptoms are very distinctive to me (quite different from a 'flu, for example), and like I said, I experienced virtually identical symptoms and progression both times. So, personally, I'm highly convinced I've had Covid twice.
Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by refurb on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @06:56AM (#25580922)
Wow. You’re sharing you personal anecdote based on symptoms (not a confirm diagnosis) and claiming we should be changing our global approach to Covid?

Don’t do that please.

Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by Reason077 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @07:14AM (#25581015)
Wait, what? I never said anything about "changing our global approach to Covid". And just to be clear, I have a PCR-confirmed diagnosis.
Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by refurb on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @10:02AM (#25582231)
You have zero evidence you got Covid-19 again, other than your strong belief.

Despite no other documented case of reinfection being published (beyond a positive PCR, which prove DNA, not infection).

Kind of a reckless statement.

Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by Reason077 on Sunday January 10, 2021 @10:08AM (#25715295)
> "Despite no other documented case of reinfection being published"

Here's one for your reference. This pretty much matches my experience/timeframe, except my symptoms were similar both times (not worse the second time), and I don't have any known comorbidities:

Confirmed Reinfection with SARS-CoV-2 Variant VOC-202012/01

https://twitter.com/andrew_croxford/status/13481695186030018...

Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by ceejayoz on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @08:29AM (#25581472)
You have a single PCR confirmed diagnosis. For your anecdote to be useful, you need two.
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Re:Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine approved for use i... by Reason077 on Wednesday December 30, 2020 @09:33AM (#25581998)
All I'm suggesting is to not be complacent if you've already had the virus. Your immunity, like mine, may not be long-term persistent. Get the vaccine even if you've already had the virus.