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Natural Immunity


As I have pointed out many times in the past I am not an anti-vaxer. I was one of first ones to stand in line getting my vaccine when it was initially available way back in February. However, I do respect those who are anti-vaccine for whatever reason. Not getting the jab is a personal choice that individuals should be allowed to make. Yes, apparently they are putting themselves in a higher risk category … so be it.

How many of these individuals have actually had Covid? How many of these individuals think that they have already had Covid, and are resisting vaccination because … “why get vaccinated against something I have already had?” If an individual already had documented measles, mumps, or chicken pox would it not make sense to avoid getting a vaccine for something that he/she already has the natural immunity?

It is incredulous to me that recently when the eminent Dr. Fauci was asked about ‘natural immunity after having Covid,’ he tap-danced.  During an interview on “Anderson Cooper 360,” CNN chief medical correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked Fauci about a study done in Israel that found natural immunity from previous COVID-19 infection conferred longer-lasting protection against the Delta variant of coronavirus than two shots of the Pfizer vaccine.

“You know, that’s a really good point, Sanjay. I don’t have a really firm answer for you on that,” Fauci replied.

This amazing answer is worth repeating in common every day language that we can all understand. This study found that natural immunity was longer lasting than the immunity conferred by the vaccine. Basically the person who has been telling us what to do and what not to do for over a year and a half is saying that as far as the effect of natural immunity in Israel … “I don’t know!!” It seems to me that an honest person with his wealth of knowledge on this issue could have elaborated, but of course, this would have been against the party line. 

For those who are unaware, the Israeli researchers specifically addressed the durability of natural immunity compared to vaccine immunity, writing that their study demonstrated “natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization caused by the Delta variant” than does the two-dose Pfizer vaccine.

According to a report from Science magazine’s Meredith Wadman, “The natural immune protection that develops after a SARS-CoV-2 infection offers considerably more of a shield against the Delta variant of the pandemic coronavirus than two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a large Israeli study.”

If this finding is sustained, could not a positive Covid antibody test be better than a vaccine in those who have not been vaccinated? Perhaps instead of mandating vaccines for just about everybody, doing antibody testing could demonstrate that a large percent of the non-vaccinated population is already immune. If our government can abandon multi-billions of dollars of armaments in Afghanistan, certainly it could afford to subsidize a single antibody test for those who think that they already have had Covid.

About two weeks ago I penned a similar idea in a letter to the editor of my local liberal “newspaper.” Recognizing that their position is … “those who have not been vaccinated are BAD people,” I was not surprised that my letter was not printed.

9/13/21

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