Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US?

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by neuronexmachina on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:41PM (#28529025)

In US culture this seems like it would potentially set up some perverse incentives among anti-vaxxers, leading to things like the "measles parties" that fueled the the 2019 NYC measles outbreak: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/05/200527181329.h...

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by defaulty on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @02:49PM (#28529162)

We are well past that. It's not that hard to say:

1) If you have natural immunity already, great! Provide evidence of your positive test

2) If you don't have evidence that you've been SARS-COV-19 positive, go get a shot so you don't have a severe hospitalization.

3) No, we don't suggest getting infected on purpose over the shot. Go read #2

Instead, the US federal government is being purposefully ignorant of how effective natural immunity is.

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