I started this thread a long time ago and now I totally feel vindicated. I did NOT need a vaccine then and I DONT need a vaccine now!! If anything, a vaccine would potentially expose me to risks, causing an immune backlash because I was already carrying a strong immunity. I already had the Natural Immunity a long time ago. But for far too long, the protection afforded by Natural Immunity against Covid had been ignored. There were already credible studies out about the protection afforded by N.I but it was all deliberately ignored. I was going to vaccinate when I became eligible around August 2021 but by then at least two blood donations revealed I was carrying high titer of Coronavirus antibodies. I simply couldn't risk the jab(s). Glad I didn't!!
And shame on those who had been 'shaming' and 'virtue signaling' those who didn't vaccinate due to medical or other reasons. By now, it must be known that it was NOT the 'pandemic of the unvaccinated'.
Here are some recent excerpts from from The Lancet.
https://www.thelancet.com/journals/l...676-9/fulltext
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"Although those studies show that protection from reinfection is strong and persists for more than 10 months of follow-up,3 it is unknown how long protective immunity will truly last. Many systemic viral infections, such as measles, confer long-term, if not lifelong, immunity, whereas others, such as influenza, do not (due to changes in viral genetics).4 We are limited by the length of current reported follow-up data to know with certainty the expected duration that previous infection will protect against COVID-19. Encouragingly, authors of a study conducted among recovered individuals who had experienced mild SARS-CoV-2 infection reported that mild infection induced a robust antigen-specific, long-lived humoral immune memory in humans."
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Some people who have recovered from COVID-19 might not benefit from COVID-19 vaccination.6, 19 In fact, one study found that previous COVID-19 was associated with increased adverse events following vaccination with the Comirnaty BNT162b2 mRNA vaccine (Pfizer–BioNTech).20 In addition, there are rare reports of serious adverse events following COVID-19 vaccination.21 In Switzerland, residents who can prove they have recovered from a SARS-CoV-2 infection through a positive PCR or other test in the past 12 months are considered equally protected as those who have been fully vaccinated.22
Although longer follow-up studies are needed, clinicians should remain optimistic regarding the protective effect of recovery from previous infection. Community immunity to control the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic can be reached with the acquired immunity due to either previous infection or vaccination
