Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by tastyfreeze on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:56PM
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Vaccination provides immune system training for exactly one viral protein. Recovery from natural infection provides immune system training for all proteins present in the variant that caused the infection.
Vaccination only provides an immune response for the spike protein, not a broad response.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by jaywalk on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:35PM
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You're missing the point. Prior infection creates a much broader response than vaccination does.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by tomrod on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @12:44PM
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No, the point is clear but missing an essential detail. Vaccination results in much better outcomes when you do get the disease. Ergo the ideal is to be vaccinated, and then if you so happen to get sick, recovery is quicker and you have a stronger immune response.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by jaywalk on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:05PM
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What are you talking about? I've seen studies that suggest vaccination in addition to natural immunity can result in higher levels of antibodies, but I've seen nothing to suggest that vaccination results in "much better outcomes" as compared to natural immunity.
People with natural immunity aren't even getting infected in any meaningful numbers, while fully vaccinated individuals are getting infected left and right.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by tomrod on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:20PM
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You jumped ahead a bit. Let me clarify.
If you are unvaccinated and have not had the disease, then if you get infected your prognosis is much poorer than being vaccinated.
If you are vaccinated and get infected, you have a better outcome.
If you are both vaccinated and have had prior immunity, see the discussion on other threads in this discussion.
Re:YouTube is banning anti-vaccine activists and blocking al...
by darthvoldemort on Wednesday September 29, 2021 @01:46PM
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You forgot:
If you are unvaccinated and previously got infected, you now have a much better outcome than being vaccinated, including from future variants of the virus.
Having a broad response via vaccination helps, even if you have antibodies from prior exposure.