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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by JPKab on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:18PM (#26665513)
Good to know. That helps me knowing that there are benefits rather than having it essentially being a placebo.

Can you provide links to any peer reviewed scientific literature on the benefits of the vaccine for recovered individuals? I don't trust any of the journalism on this, considering that they are universally scientifically and statistically illiterate clickbait producers these days.

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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by soperj on Thursday April 01, 2021 @04:41PM (#26665750)
You're also getting immunity to variants that you haven't caught. Vaccines have been proven to confer some immunity, and less dire infections to those who do get it. Having previously caught it doesn't seem to, especially the Brazillian variant.
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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by stjohnswarts on Thursday April 01, 2021 @06:21PM (#26666964)
This seems like the most logical argument to me. His body may have deteremine and locked on to some other protein in whatever variant infected him rather than the one targeted by the vaccines that I believe all 3 currently approved vaccines go after.
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Re:Pfizer 91% effective in updated data, protective against ... by sa1 on Friday April 02, 2021 @12:15AM (#26668976)
You can find some preliminary work on this thread: https://mobile.twitter.com/VirusesImmunity/status/1371226482... and you can follow the professor for the latest updates.
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