Prior COVID infection more protective than vaccination during Delta surge -U.S. study

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Prior COVID infection more protective than vaccination during Delta surge -U.S. study


Jan 19 (Reuters) - People who had previously been infected with COVID-19 were better protected against the Delta variant than those who were vaccinated alone, suggesting that natural immunity was a more potent shield than vaccines against that variant, California and New York health officials reported on Wednesday.

But before anyone in the ardent anti-vaccine camp gets too excited about the news...

Protection against Delta was highest, however, among people who were both vaccinated and had survived a previous COVID infection, and lowest among those who had never been infected or vaccinated, the study found.

Nevertheless, vaccination remains the safest strategy against COVID-19, according to the report published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

acquiring immunity through natural infection carries significant risks. According to the study, by November 30, 2021, roughly 130,781 residents of California and New York had died from COVID-19.
 
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Prior COVID infection more protective than vaccination during Delta surge -U.S. study


Jan 19 (Reuters) - People who had previously been infected with COVID-19 were better protected against the Delta variant than those who were vaccinated alone, suggesting that natural immunity was a more potent shield than vaccines against that variant, California and New York health officials reported on Wednesday.

But before anyone in the ardent anti-vaccine camp gets too excited about the news...

Protection against Delta was highest, however, among people who were both vaccinated and had survived a previous COVID infection, and lowest among those who had never been infected or vaccinated, the study found.

Nevertheless, vaccination remains the safest strategy against COVID-19, according to the report published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

acquiring immunity through natural infection carries significant risks. According to the study, by November 30, 2021, roughly 130,781 residents of California and New York had died from COVID-19.
Which matters to Orthodox Christians of true belief how?

The Spiritual Reality Concerning the Vaccine | — From the Editor

Maybe it will be realized at some point by some people that, even when faced with death from an infectious disease, many who are faithful to God will not take the vaccine, and will always (meaning eternally) remain grateful for not having received it.
 
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It's been a moving target, and we have not done great in trying to hit it in spite of the great work done by the scientific community. Maybe it's going to calm down and finally become a regular sickness. Maybe now all those folks who say, "It's just the flu" can be accidently right. Don't worry, presumptive ones, epistemologists are working on that one for you. Your accidental knowledge has not gone unnoticed. :rolleyes:

Epistemic Luck | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
 
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Which matters to Orthodox Christians of true belief how?

The Spiritual Reality Concerning the Vaccine | — From the Editor

Maybe it will be realized at some point by some people that, even when faced with death from an infectious disease, many who are faithful to God will not take the vaccine, and will always (meaning eternally) remain grateful for not having received it.

Because they will be dead? Isn't that effectively some kind of suicide? Never heard of any flavour of the Christian God happy with that.
 
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Because they will be dead? Isn't that effectively some kind of suicide? Never heard of any flavour of the Christian God happy with that.
Refer to Christian martyrdom through the ages of the Church.
 
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Prior COVID infection more protective than vaccination during Delta surge -U.S. study


Jan 19 (Reuters) - People who had previously been infected with COVID-19 were better protected against the Delta variant than those who were vaccinated alone, suggesting that natural immunity was a more potent shield than vaccines against that variant, California and New York health officials reported on Wednesday.

But before anyone in the ardent anti-vaccine camp gets too excited about the news...

Protection against Delta was highest, however, among people who were both vaccinated and had survived a previous COVID infection, and lowest among those who had never been infected or vaccinated, the study found.

Nevertheless, vaccination remains the safest strategy against COVID-19, according to the report published in U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.

acquiring immunity through natural infection carries significant risks. According to the study, by November 30, 2021, roughly 130,781 residents of California and New York had died from COVID-19.
Yep. Those of us who studied the documents and what all the scientists were saying knew that there was natural immunity. NOT anti-vaccine. Pro "do what your doctor says for you and your conditions". Anti-mandate.

That's simply another unprovable assertion that it must be higher protection if you had a vaccine too. Because how would they know, as the person already prevailed? The chance of death and hospitalization was already low relative to population.

You know they will never, ever let that narrative go, right?

Goodness, scientists found robust and durable immunity in those who survived the Spanish flu decades later. No reason to think this is different (except that it was created and released from a lab, most likely).
 
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Someone is really overthinking it.
Spirituality goes far beyond mere thought and into the realm of the unknowable, which is only pointed to using metaphors, and parables (which is why Christ spoke in parables). That spiritual realm is where those who produced this are coming and speaking from. We won't expect most people to relate.

But, in sum, God is love. God is Creator. God is Life-giver, and so are all the Godly. The Godly, therefore, will never abide the murder of children before they are able to even be born, nor will the Godly suffer their bodies to be desecrated on the altar of the false god of science. The Godly will lay down their own lives first. There's nothing more to think about.
 
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Refer to Christian martyrdom through the ages of the Church.

It's not close to Christian Martyrdom, no one is asking people to renounce Christ. To even equate Covid with Christian Martyrdom is just paranoid
 
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It's not close to Christian Martyrdom, no one is asking people to renounce Christ. To even equate Covid with Christian Martyrdom is just paranoid
Give it time. Things progress over time. It starts with little things, like someone being deprived of their job, and continues to get more severe unless morally courageous people put up enough resistance to beat back the evil tide. If enough resistance isn't put forth, human holocausts occur. If ya'll are as smart as cow451 claims you are then I wouldn't have to point this out because you'd already be perfectly aware of what is happening and who's behind it.
 
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You don't know the first thing about me, or how smart, or how dumb I am. But what does anything that I am have to do with what's true?
We are enlightened with some apparent mystical insights. I apologize for saying We are not intelligent.
 
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Give it time. Things progress over time. It starts with little things, like someone being deprived of their job, and continues to get more severe unless morally courageous people put up enough resistance to beat back the evil tide. If enough resistance isn't put forth, human holocausts occur. If ya'll are as smart as cow451 claims you are then I wouldn't have to point this out because you'd already be perfectly aware of what is happening and who's behind it.

You don't to explain anything to me. Stop being melodramatic and be a man
 
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You don't to explain anything to me. Stop being melodramatic and be a man
Jonathan here speaks truth. We are witnessing the dehumanization of the unvaccinated everyday, with the popular media and pro-vaccination powers wasting no opportunity to do it.
 
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Jonathan here speaks truth. We are witnessing the dehumanization of the unvaccinated everyday, with the popular media and pro-vaccination powers wasting no opportunity to do it.
Foolish people with foolish ideas that lead them to refuse vaccination does not mean they aren’t human. Foolish people are still human.
 
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Jonathan here speaks truth. We are witnessing the dehumanization of the unvaccinated everyday, with the popular media and pro-vaccination powers wasting no opportunity to do it.
BTW what makes Jonathan worth occupying my valuable time?
 
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