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Originally Posted by ikaris
As I understood it, this is regarding previous infection from a non-Omicron variant whereas if you never had COVID until Omicron, natural immunity gained from being infected from Omicron was still effective, especially against severe outcomes. It does seem though a higher frequency of reinfections are occurring in this wave (I’ve experienced it myself). I guess what I’m saying, does it matter? We get colds all the time anyways.
In this study, it seemed the most ineffective protection was people who had only been vaccinated twice. The effectiveness was similar when looking at vaccinated and previously infected, or boosted.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2203965 |
Sounds like a pretty good reason for everyone to get a third dose.