Been watching this guy break down Covid studies for the past year, he does an excellent job of breaking down results in a non-partisan way. The CDC finally released the results of the first Natural Immunity study. Sounds like a pretty large study from data they got from CA and NY.
Cliffs:
- They looked at 4 Cohorts: 1) Unvaccinated with no previous infection 2) Vaccinated with no previous infection 3) Unvaccinated with a previous infection 4) Vaccinated with a previous infection
- They looked at these 4 Groups to see what happened to these people during Delta wave, not Omicron. So this was during the worst wave.
- Looking to find which of these groups was most at risk for hospitalizations and deaths
Results:
- Unvaccinated with no previous infections were obviously most At Risk
- Vaccinated with no previous infection were 2nd most At Risk
- Unvaccinated with previous infection and Vaccinated with previous infection were statically the same as the Lowest Risk during Delta.
Conclusion:
Basically, the Vaccine is the best thing guaranteed to keep you safe from hospitalization if you haven't had Covid. No surprise there. But if you HAVE had a previous infection, the data clearly suggests you are at lower risk than someone who was vaccinated without a previous infection, and equal to someone vaccinated who already had an infection. Sounds like this was data on millions of people on both Coasts, so not some small sample size. Bottom line, there really is no evidence Vaccines do anything more to protect people who have already had Covid.
Good watch if you have 25 minutes.
The complete and utter disregard of natural immunity from US public health authorities has completely and utterly destroyed their credibility for all time. They want nothing to do with actual science.