Well you can't spell "control the population" if you're going to let natural immunity be a real thing.
Originally Posted by texassapper
"Overall, the "analysis suggests that the level of protection from past infection by variant and over time is at least equivalent if not greater than that provided by two-dose mRNA vaccines," the researchers wrote.
However, they noted that vaccination remains the recommended route to immunity against COVID-19 since there are still considerable risks from infection, particularly among those who are unvaccinated.
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The problem of saying 'I'm gonna get infected to get immunity' is you might be one of those people that end up in the hospital or die," said Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington and the study's senior author. "
Why would you take the risk when you can get immunity through vaccination quite safely?""
https://www.advisory.com/daily-brief...t%2040%20weeks.