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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by ChrisClark on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:05PM (#30091836)
If you were infected with the original strain, you'd have had less immunity to Delta than if you were vaccinated. The exact same thing for Delta vs Omicron.

The mRNA vaccines give a broader immunization that covers more. That's not even up for debate, you're only pretending it is.

I hope your comment is sarcasm.

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by throwaway1777 on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:13PM (#30091943)
This is wrong according to the CDC. Prior infection is better than the vaccine by itself but vaccine + prior infection is best. https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2022/01/19/cdc-prior-c...
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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by bink on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:33PM (#30092233)
It's been awhile since I read about that study but didn't it determine that previous infection provided better resistance to infection than vaccination without a booster, but that vaccination provided better resistance to serious illness and death?

Either way I find it weird that the study clearly shows vaccination + infection provides the best protection yet people are using this to argue that they don't need a vaccination at all.

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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by ipaddr on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @05:06PM (#30092693)
It is also the combo most likely to give you side effects.
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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by nsxwolf on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:34PM (#30092245)
What do you mean by "broader"? The mRNA vaccines present the original spike protein to your immune system. A viral infection exposes you to the spike protein as well as every other piece of the virus.
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Re:Pfizer board member suggests end to mask, vaccine mandates by dahfizz on Wednesday January 26, 2022 @04:32PM (#30092209)
Source? Because the CDC disagrees https://www.forbes.com/sites/joewalsh/2022/01/19/cdc-prior-c...
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