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Re:Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced ... by maxerickson on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @06:47PM (#28308171)
The J&J and mRNA vaccines (reliably) induce antibodies to the pre-fusion spike protein, so you may have a wider range of antibodies with vaccination than without.

(It's the only target they present to the immune system is why I put reliably; there's no saying infection doesn't induce similar antibodies)

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Re:Comparing SARS-CoV-2 natural immunity to vaccine-induced ... by mrtesthah on Wednesday August 25, 2021 @08:52PM (#28309218)
There have been studies suggesting vaccination indeed provides better immunity to mutations.

e.g, Vaccine-induced immunity provides more robust heterotypic immunity than natural infection to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants of concern:

https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-226857/v1

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