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Re:A Misleading CDC Number by hvac on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:43PM (#27123927)
>The fact that a confirmed natural infection confers immunity equal to or greater than the vaccines is well established at this point. There are something like 80 documented reinfections worldwide.

There is definitely a lot more than 80. My impression is that the mRNA vaccines are more effective than natural immunity.

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6...

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Re:A Misleading CDC Number by AndrewBissell on Tuesday May 11, 2021 @05:59PM (#27124102)
It doesn't make sense to compare a study where asymptomatic people were being mass tested for the presence of SARS-CoV-2 RNA with the vaccine trials or the CDC's existing tracking of breakthrough infections, both of which require the presence of symptoms before running any tests. The CDC has even set a lower CT threshold (i.e. higher amount of viral RNA must be present) in order to consider a positive test to be an actual breakthrough infection.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-you-get-covid-tw...

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