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> natural immunity works better than vaccine immunity alone in fighting off COVID re-infection.

By "natural immunity", you mean, "getting infected"?




No, I mean, the immunity achieved after fighting off infection, which includes antibodies in the blood stream for a period of time, and, as far as we can tell, long-lasting, probably permanent, T- and B-cell memory.


And post-infection immunity is achieved not just by production of s-protein antibodies, but antibodies to proteins of the membrane, the nucleocapsid, and the envelope of the virus.


Well, if you get vaccinated, and it fails, then I guess you get natural immunity as a consolation prize!




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