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COVID Vaccine Questions: Natural Immunity | OSF HealthCare



OSF HealthCare pulmonary critical care physician, Jared Meeker, answers the question: Does vaccination work to combat a respiratory illness, even one with animal reservoirs?

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– We have some more emerging evidence now. For example, there was a report, I think from the CDC, on some data from Kentucky, suggesting people that had re-infection after natural immunity, it was 2.5 times more likely to happen than people who had been vaccinated. The re-infection rate seem to be higher

Amongst natural immunity people than amongst vaccinated people. So it seems like the vaccine is doing a good job at generating a robust immune response.