Anonymous C joined in and replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 2 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,657
Why was natural immunity ever given equal recognition? If they test you, confirm you have it, and you have recovered then your body would have the same learned immunity it gets from the deactivated virus in a vaccine.
boof replied with this 1 year ago, 41 minutes later, 3 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,665
@previous (C)
are you talking about vaccines versus infections in general? you want the protection conferred by vaccines instead of infections, because that spares you the experience of the infection, which depending on the disease, could fucking harm you pretty bad. now keep in mind that it's a numbers game and you get no guarantee of freedom from infection after vaccination. you consider the average risks and outcomes.
boof replied with this 1 year ago, 6 hours later, 13 hours after the original post[^][v]#1,335,709
@1,335,668 (C)
A vaccine has the possibility of conferring immunity to more than one strain, as is the case with ordinary influenza for instance. More importantly, the immunity can not be said to be gained by a sufferer who has been killed by the disease. With COVID, there is the possibility of long term damage if surviving, and being infected again in the future. On the average, vaccines lessen the severity of that disease if infection has not been outright prevented.
> A vaccine has the possibility of conferring immunity to more than one strain
Is there any published, peer-reviewed papers that find that is any better for a vaccine compared to natural immunity?
> more importantly, the immunity can not be said to be gained by a sufferer who has been killed by the disease. With COVID, there is the possibility of long term damage if surviving, and being infected again in the future. On the average, vaccines lessen the severity of that disease if infection has not been outright prevented.
Irrelevant to whether someone who has been exposed should be granted the same rights to prove their immunity. No one thinks it's good to catch a deadly disease.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 1 day later, 2 days after the original post[^][v]#1,335,883
@previous (boof)
There is no papers published in any reputable journal that finds the vaccine protects against more strains than recovering from the live virus.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 6 hours later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,167
@1,335,885 (boof)
No one asked me for my influenza vaccination to get into everyday areas.
Carrying around proof of covid vaccination was required to get into most areas during the pandemic. Documentation of a covid diagnosis and recovery also provides immunity, but was never accepted for those requirements.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,227
@1,336,208 (I)
To be clear, you think getting an inactive form of a virus can confer immunity, but that contracting and recovering from the virus cannot?
Can you find a single reliable source that corroborates that?
There is research showing resistance to the virus when exposed in the past, from live and non-live exposure. There is no data supporting your statement.
The covid vaccine teaches the immune system to recognize the spike protein. It's an MRNA vaccine, not a traditional "inactive virus" vaccine.
Also, a covid vaccine gives you a paper you can use to prove it. "I've already had COVID" - anyone can say that, and plenty of selfish people are there who would because they want to get in at any cost.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 33 minutes later, 3 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,246
@1,336,239 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
You can get the vaccine and catch it too. Can you name of any research showing the vaccine has more efficacy than natural immunity?
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 4 hours later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,295
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
No, the only thing I've said is that natural immunity ought to be treated like immunity from vaccine. The government choose to only acknowledge the latter.
Kook !!rcSrAtaAC replied with this 1 year ago, 10 minutes later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,298
@previous (C)
Just letting you know that catching covid doesn't give you full immunity because the virus mutates. Also you get any possible long term side effects from going through the illness
Do you believe that people who have caught covid experience less long term side effects than those who have received the vaccine?
Additionally, its much harder to prove that you have had covid versus proving you have received the vaccine
> Just letting you know that catching covid doesn't give you full immunity because the virus mutates.
Neither does the vaccine, we just went over this.
You keep avoiding a simple question: if both provide some immunity, and neither will necessarily prevent future infection, then why was only one considered a qualifying immunity?
> Also you get any possible long term side effects from going through the illness
Yes, this has already been brought up several times. It's irrelevant to the actual question: if someone has already contracted the virus and recovered, if they already have the risk of long term side effects, should their natural immunity be recognized? > > Do you believe that people who have caught covid experience less long term side effects than those who have received the vaccine?
No, and I've never said anything to that effect. > > Additionally, its much harder to prove that you have had covid versus proving you have received the vaccine
Not at all, there are people with medical documentation showing they had the virus.
Like I said, if you have documentation for it, it should be treated the same as documentation for a vaccine.
Everyone here is doing everything they can to avoid a very simple question. Every response makes up some new thing I never said, and tries to refute that made up point, because no one here can give a single reason why natural immunity shouldn't be given equal weight.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 34 seconds later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,324
@1,336,310 (G)
Door people didn't make the rules, they were following the policies set by the vaccine mandate. Letting in visitors without vaccine documentation would get them reprimanded or fired, it was taken very seriously.
These policies never allowed natural immunity to be given the same weight, and the policymakers in congress and on corporate boards never had any scientific reason for the idea that vaccines protected you better than natural immunity. There was never any scientific literature, never any actual scientists, claiming that vaccines did anything more than natural immunity.
Anonymous I replied with this 1 year ago, 53 seconds later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,325
Also apparently you've never actually been in the position of a door person, or an equivalent role in other situations.
They have no patience for people trying to game the system, and be smartasses because it happens too often. They want you to shut up and either comply with the order or go away.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,329
@1,336,323 (I)
Medical records created by licensed physicians.
We already have a society that accepts these documents when an employer needs a doctor to verify a condition. The same for government benefits like disability than require a medical evaluation.
This has already been figured out, it's not a problem anywhere else this is done. Yet when it came to the vaccine mandate, it was decided that this would not qualify. That decision was not based on medical professionals, or scientific consensus.
Anonymous C double-posted this 1 year ago, 1 minute later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,330
@1,336,325 (I)
The people at the door aren't making the decisions.
If there is a check to make sure the people coming in have been immunized, showing proof of that isn't "gaming the system". No one is committing fraud or tricking anyone. Showing medical records from a physician isn't being a smart ass.
If you are convinced there's a difference, but can't point to any published medical research, you are putting politics above science.
Anonymous C double-posted this 1 year ago, 54 seconds later, 4 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,405
@1,336,400 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Irrelevant because any vaccination got you through the door. They never checked for specific vaccinations against specific strains of the virus.
Anonymous F replied with this 1 year ago, 1 hour later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,437
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC) > Also, just getting covid doesn't mean that you acquired the antibodies
If you caught covid and recovered from it, it absolutely does mean you acquired antibodies.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 2 hours later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,482
@1,336,420 (boof)
That's not true, all the requirements for government mandates and corporate policies have always been you need two to be "fully vaccinated", the boosters were never part of the requirement. Strongly suggested, but no one was getting turned away for it.
> They didn't need to check
There were requirements set by various authorities requiring vaccination for people attending certain types of events, attending school, or going to the office. > The people making the vaccines check
No, the people making the vaccines were not the ones checking vaccine cards. WTF? > Also, just getting covid doesn't mean that you acquired the antibodies
Either one can give you the antibodies, either one could fail to give the antibodies.
You keep ignoring this question, and then acting like it's already been established: Can you name a single piece of medical literature that shows vaccines have a higher likelihood of providing those antibodies vs natural immunity?
Anonymous C double-posted this 1 year ago, 2 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,483
@1,336,474 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Multiple possible reasons:
* To check if it actually was covid, or if the test/diagnosis was faulty.
* To see what strain they have antibodies against
* Collecting data on the quantity of those antibodies.
Generally there is no follow-up to test your antibodies after a covid diagnosis. They discharge patients, and tell them to contact the hospital again if further problems arise.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 58 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,499
@previous (boof)
Healthcare providers all share a centralized medical record in the US.
These companies already accept a doctor's note to explain a leave of absence, so they already have a method to check these. Anyway, someone could print out a fake COVID card too, the problem was that no mandates allowed natural immunity to be accepted. That decision was not based on any scientific evidence, and the explanation given for how vaccines work was always that your immune system learned the same way it did from a live virus.
Anonymous F replied with this 1 year ago, 19 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,506
@1,336,474 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC) @1,336,483 (C)
Also to provide the patient with a medical record stating what antibodies they acquired, in order to back their case when some idiot inevitably doesn't believe them.
Anonymous F replied with this 1 year ago, 25 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,513
@previous (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
Because science. If you catch a virus and your body recovers from it, it is medically impossible for you not to have produced antibodies to fight off the infection.
Please Google T cells, B cells, B memory cells (lymphocytes in general) immune system, antigens, antibodies, spleen function etc. and you will find decades of research on this stuff. It is by now very well understood.
Anonymous C replied with this 1 year ago, 45 minutes later, 5 days after the original post[^][v]#1,336,532
@1,336,521 (Kook !!rcSrAtaAC)
The example I gave was providing documentation. Not special treatment, just the same treatment vaccine card holders have.