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A comment on YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking all anti-vaccine content. Parent comment

Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by jlebar on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:40AM (#28695191)
A compelling theory! If only it were so simple.

In practice it doesn't actually work out that way. 1/3 of people who get covid have no antibodies at all, whereas everyone (who is not immunocompromised) who gets the vaccine develops antibodies.

https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/574284-natural-covid-...

The immune system is very complicated.

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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by nradov on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @11:45AM (#28695272)
There is more to the immune system than antibodies. In order to fully assess immunity you have to look at innate responses and memory cell activity.
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Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al... by jlebar on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:20PM (#28695843)
Sure, absolutely. The point the author is making is that since you're more likely to get an antibody response with the vaccine, you're getting a benefit from the vaccine that there's a decent chance you won't get from catching the virus.
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