But the mindset of the trumpian deniers is...."It is all about me. I don't care if you or your family dies."I felt the same way early on, until I found out there were 60 million Boomers, and another 30 million of others with medical conditions that put them at higher risk of being killed by the virus.... Just way too many to lock up, and pull out of the workforce and the economy.because there are 90 million seniors, disabled, and people with heart conditions, or diabetes who are at high risk in the USA.The vast majority of people who died from covid were the very old or those with preexisting conditions. Asking those people at risk to isolate themselves for their own safety makes sense but not the rest of the population. Saying I survived covid sounds a bit hysterical.I don't disagree, you very well could have full protection, including against the present variants of the virus...Of course they have antibodies developed from the Covid they had!FYIThose who have had covid have no reason to get vaccinated according to a new study:
"The study was conducted on 52,238 employees in the Cleveland Clinic."
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"The scarcity of vaccines, coupled with the knowledge that vaccines do not provide additional protection to those who have already been infected, is the strongest argument for restricting vaccine administration to those who have not had the infection."
No point vaccinating those who’ve had COVID-19: Cleveland Clinic study suggests
The study findings reveal that individuals with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection do not get additional benefits from vaccination, indicating that COVID-19 vaccines should be prioritized to individuals without prior infection. The study is currently available on the medRxiv* preprint server.www.news-medical.net
I had covid and I'm not getting the vaccine.
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The article has not been peer reviewed YET...
Which means the study has not been duplicated by other scientists, to support the theory....yet.
So people having had covid don't have antibodies?
Too fking funny.
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whether they hold up to NEW variants is another story! We don't even know how long these very effective vaccines will hold up to NEW variants coming out of the woodwork, without needing another boost!
y'all who have had covid, are way ahead of the game...if covid can be called a game....
Some day, you may need a booster....if your antibodies wane, or a bastard of a variant comes along...
The same seems to be true of the vaccine. I have just as much protection with my antibodies and see no need to take the vaccine.
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And from what I have seen, as testing on covid antibodies present in covid survival patients continues, month after month, they have not waned...which is great, for those that survived it!
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that's no small change to be taken out of the workforce or economy....
I am not sure if 90 million is an accurate estimate but I will say that it would have been better for our economy if we had recognized who was at risk and allow the rest to remain productive.
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our problems began, when we didn't have enough covid tests.....so we didn't know where the virus was spreading and on fire.....with massive testing, we could have identified hot spots, and lockdowned or rather taken precautions by region, instead of the entire nation, all at once.
As citizens, it was and is our duty to protect the vulnerable from being killed....
And they are being led by a man that went into a closet and secretly got his shot. Rather than encourage others to get the vaccine as all the other living President did, trump secretly got the shot. What a slug.