GAC06 said:
eric76 said:
bigtruckguy3500 said:
CowtownEng said:
It's possible that the resulting immune response from the vaccine would be greater than that seen during some organic infections.
This is what I'm thinking as well.
A second infection is possible, however unlikely to be severe, and likely much more short lived than the first. As such, I think the likely recommendation will be for individuals that have already had it to hold off on a "booster" until majority of the top priority indiduals that haven't had it, get it.
You can't assume that a second reinfection will be less severe.
From https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/another-covid-19-reinfection-this-time-second-infection-was-more-severe/
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A 25-year-old resident of Reno, Nevada was infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, two times, about 48-days apart, with the second infection causing a more severe case of COVID-19 than the first and requiring hospitalization and oxygen support.
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I've had it once for sure. I had the symptoms a second time but didn't get tested. Considering that I had no antibodies 30 days after I had it the first time, unless I had immunity from something like T Cells, my chances of getting it a second time were pretty much the same as getting it the first time.
If you don't like that, then tough.
I've been told that they have seen a couple of people in my area who have been confirmed to have had it twice.
One real problem is that people who have had it once seem to think that they are now immune and they stop being careful.
But go ahead -- believe in magic. Indulge yourself in the wishful thinking that herd immunity will save us all. If we achieve herd immunity, it will most likely be because of vaccines, not being previously infected.
Here's a question for you: Name a disease that we have eradicated because of natural herd immunity (i.e. not because of vaccines).
Hint: it might help to look at how many diseases have been eradicated. We eradicated smallpox with the help of vaccines. As hard as we try, we have been unable to eradicate diseases such as tuberculosis and polio.
As far as there being a miniscule chance that a second infection could be worse, in how many diseases that infect people twice or more is the second infection unlikely to be worse than the first? We can hope that happens, but there is no reason to claim that it is going to happen. Wishful thinking is for those who believe in magic.
