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Other new research findings are relevant to the natural-immunity discussion.
A recent study from the Cleveland Clinic found that individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection and have natural immunity are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before. The cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection remained almost zero among three groups those previously infected who remained unvaccinated (of 2,579, 1,359, or 53%, remained unvaccinated,); those previously infected who were vaccinated; and those previously uninfected who were vaccinated compared with a steady increase in cumulative incidence among previously uninfected subjects who remained unvaccinated.
One study, published in The Lancet's journal EClinicalMedicine, examined data from antibodies in 39,086 individuals who tested positive for COVID-19 from March 2020 and January 2021. It found an "encouraging timeline for the development and sustainability of antibodies up to ten months from natural infection." This latest study adds to a growing body of science evidence indicating that natural immunity is long-lasting even without vaccination.
Another study, in Nature, found that COVID-19 infection "induces a robust antigen-specific, long-lived humoral immune response in humans," with antibodies "remaining detectable at least 11 months after infection." Another, published at BioRxiv, found that even without vaccination, antibodies in the infected "remain relatively stable from 6 to 12 months," while "B cell clones expressing broad and potent antibodies are selectively retained in the repertoire over time and expand dramatically after vaccination." Another study from Israel found that natural immunity was slightly more effective against reinfection than the Pfizer vaccine, at 94.8% versus 92.8%.
Dr. Suneel Dhand, a frontline physician, has openly said that after he got COVID he has measured his antibodies for over a year and they remain high.
"There is more data on natural immunity than there is on vaccinated immunity, because natural immunity has been around longer," said Dr. Makary.." If only the government would share this view and big media would stop being a shill for the drug industry. Those pushing for vaccine passports fear anything that substantiates the benefits of natural immunity. And it is very difficult for people to get blood tests for antibodies, and the expense is not justified as long as the government denies the benefits of natural immunity.
For those who genuinely want to follow the science, the millions of people under the age of 70 who have gained natural immunity and have no serious chance of major bad health impacts from COVID should bet on natural immunity versus taking a chance with vaccines.
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