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Originally Posted by MahomesMagic

Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases at Johns Hopkins:

I would say a few things though I love vaccines:
1) I can't think of a single vaccine has better immunity than natural infections for viruses
2) The disconnect between in vitro data and human trials has defined our fields for decades--these viruses and diseases are humbling.

— Stefan Baral (@sdbaral) August 24, 2020

Again, we need to determine “better” here.

With the viral mutations were seeing here, I would be pretty shocked if what he’s saying is the case, but we will see.

If we’re looking for sterilizing immunity to this from natural infection, that won’t happen. I doubt it stays with vaccination without updated boosters, but again, we shall see.

You also have to, as I said before, encounter an infection to get said immunity, so that’s gonna weigh into the conversation whether you want it to or not