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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by cjdaly on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:12PM (#28533352)
> get enough people vaccinated that community spread stops being a thing

The problem with this plan is that vaccinated people still catch and spread the virus. The available vaccines do not create "herd immunity" in the traditional sense.

I think the best argument for getting a vaccine now is you will be much less likely to get hospitalized (and/or die) if you catch COVID after being vaccinated. But that argument may not apply to people who already caught it, recovered and now have some natural immunity.

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by thebraxton on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:31PM (#28533494)
Don't they have a lower probability of catching it so it does have a serious impact
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by Texaner on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @08:44PM (#28533610)
Right. Also a lower chance of hospitalization and death, therefore preventing hospitals from clogging up.
Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by glogla on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @02:12AM (#28535803)
Yes but it even one vaccinated person gets COVID it means the whole vaccine is useless!!!11!

Ugh. The antivax stance on HN makes me think wbole of the banned Reddit antivaxx subs moved here.

Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by elihu on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:48PM (#28534215)
That's a good point. I suspect that being vaccinated reduces the likelihood of spreading it to other people somewhat, but I don't know if the data supports that.