Is natural immunity enough to protect someone from COVID-19? We connect the dots.
It’s time to connect the dots where we take a deeper dive into today’s headlines. Some people who recover from COVID-19 are rejecting the vaccine, but is natural immunity enough to protect them? Brandie Smith breaks down what the experts are saying as far as what’s the best way to protect yourself. Health experts warn recovering from COVID-19 is not enough to protect from reinfection. While the antibodies from natural infection do provide some protections, the data shows the vaccines are much better at protecting you. In fact, a study published by the CDC found people with natural immunity were twice as likely to be reinfected than people who were vaccinated after recovering. That’s leading doctors to recommend people who recover from COVID still get the shot. There’s another issue with natural immunity. People infected with the virus or more. Likely not to have symptoms that increases the risk that they’ll spread COVID-19 to others, including immune, compromised friends, family and children while people fighting coronavirus for the second time do tend to have milder symptoms, that doesn’t mean everyone safe. There are exceptions, and re infected patients are ending up hospitalized. In fact, one case presented in The Lancet found a 25 year old man whose second bout with COVID was more severe than the 1st.
