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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by 0xTJ on Thursday September 02, 2021 @07:59AM (#28390999)
"At this point most of the people who are avoiding the vaccine have already gotten natural immunity" And while they develop natural immunity, they remain in the population as people who can keep spreading it. Vaccines aren't 100% protection, we need as many people as possible to be vaccinated to actually get community transmission down.
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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by verdverm on Thursday September 02, 2021 @03:09PM (#28396053)
Vaccines don't stop people from spreading it. The reduce overall transmission rate because they are sick and shedding virus for a shorter time, just like natural immunity.
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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by 0xTJ on Friday September 03, 2021 @10:08AM (#28404434)
They're also less likely to become infected in the first place.
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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by loceng on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:11AM (#28391103)
Current vaccine is less than 50% effective against Delta variant (40% down to 30% as immunity wanes over 3-4 months) and so vaccinated can spread it arguably just as effectively as unvaccinated; based on Israel's leading data.
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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by lm28469 on Thursday September 02, 2021 @08:34AM (#28391292)
Yet 90%+ of people in ICU/dying of covid are unvaccinated.

50% effective when it comes to not catching covid (haven't checked this stat myself), 99% effectiveness when it comes to not needing intensive care/not dying

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Re:Having SARS once confers greater immunity than vaccine:va... by loopz on Thursday September 02, 2021 @12:23PM (#28394006)
Antibodies go down over time, but the body can make more faster when needed.
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