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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by jonnycomputer on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:35PM (#28534098)
- The vaccine hasn't been evaded. The efficacy has been slightly reduced.

- Not all vaccines need be quite so targeted.

- Naturally acquired immunity can also be evaded.

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by mythrwy on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @09:39PM (#28534142)
If a person is infected, it has been evaded. Period.
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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by kristjansson on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @01:32AM (#28535592)
Evaded implies, to me, systematic failure of an intervention i.e. the probability of adverse outcome is equal for treated and untreated.

If that probability is still lower than without the intervention, it has been eroded, not evaded.

In the case of the vaccine in particular, some level of breakthrough infection is expected, so one case of such is unsurprising

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Re:Why doesn’t natural immunity count in the US? by jonnycomputer on Tuesday September 14, 2021 @10:34PM (#28534549)
Define what it means for a person to be infected.
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