Tag Archive: Natural immunity
U.K. Government Admits Natural Immunity is Stronger Than Vaccine Immunity
A reader sent us the letter he received recently from the ONS, in which it states that "having had a COVID-19 infection before usually gives a stronger immune response than vaccination".
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Natural Immunity Provides Robust Protection Against Omicron, Study Finds
Natural immunity from previous infection remains strong against Omicron, a study from Qatar has found, with 56% protection against reinfection and 100% protection against serious disease and death.
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Infecting Yourself With Omicron: The Unvaccinated Rebel in Italy
As Italy tightens the screws on the unvaccinated, many are seeking out the infected to contract Omicron and gain the all-important exemption. But it's the divisions in society that will last.
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Why Are Deaths in Europe Soaring When Covid Isn’t to Blame?
Deaths are running high across Europe this winter. But it's not all Covid. As many as half of the excess deaths are from something else. But what?
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Natural Immunity Superior to Vaccine Immunity, CDC Study Finds
A CDC study has found that natural immunity is superior to vaccine immunity, and that being vaccinated on top of being infected makes little difference, confirming the findings of several studies in other countries.
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What the Mail’s Take-Down of Natural Immunity Gets Wrong
Dr Michael Mosley has written a piece in the Mail criticising those like Novak Djokovic who say they are protected by antibodies from previous infection, claiming the vaccines are better. Here's what he gets wrong.
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Natural Immunity to One Variant Protects Against Severe Disease From Another
A recent study from Qatar shows that people who acquired natural immunity to the original Wuhan strain had excellent protection against severe disease from later variants, some of which were more virulent.
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Most Democrats Wrongly Believe That Vaccines Provide More Protection Than Natural Immunity
We already know that people overestimate the risks of Covid. A new survey has found that a sizeable majority of Democrats wrongly believe the vaccines protect better against infection than natural immunity.
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Indian Researchers Find that Natural Immunity Protects Better Against Infection than the AstraZeneca Vaccine
A fourth study has found that natural immunity protects better against infection than the vaccines. Indian researchers estimated the protective effect of natural immunity to be 86%; vaccine effectiveness was only 32%.
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Delta is Holding its Own Against Omicron. Why This Shows Us Natural Immunity at Work
The fact that Omicron is not able to push Delta out completely, combined with the as-yet muted spike in positivity, is further evidence that natural immunity is holding Omicron off to a similar degree to Delta.
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