Experts Say Best Defense Against COVID is to Get Vaccinated and Catch COVID

https://news.yahoo.com/full-vaccination-against-covid-19-110257193.html

A study by Oregon researchers finds that people fully vaccinated against COVID-19 who have a breakthrough infection end up with what the authors call "super immunity."

They caution the vaccinated should not seek COVID-19 infection, but the "hybrid immunity" offers some solace for those who catch one despite having been vaccinated. 

"The bottom line of the study is that vaccine provides you with foundational immunity for whatever comes next," said Fikadu Tafesse, a professor of molecular microbiology and immunology in the Oregon Health & Science University School of Medicine in Portland, Oregon.

The study matched 26 vaccinated Oregon Health & Science University staff people who had breakthrough infections with a similar group who were vaccinated but hadn't had COVID-19.

The people who were vaccinated and then got COVID-19 showed a substantial increase in antibody levels, said Tafesse.

"The increases were substantial, up to a 1,000% increase and sometimes up to 2,000%, so it's really high immunity," he said. "It's almost 'super immunity.'"

Multiple other studies have shown that infection with COVID-19 followed by one dose of the vaccine is very protective against re-infection.

“This is one of the first that shows a breakthrough infection following vaccination generates stronger immunity than prior infection or vaccination alone,” said Dr. Monica Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco.

While possibly equally protective, the reverse order is not recommended. Getting COVID-19 before being vaccinated is dangerous because “we cannot predict who will get very ill with COVID,” Gandhi said. 

I'm going to go out on a limb here and make a bold statement: an idiot could figure this out.

I'm going to go ever further out on the proverbial limb and make an even bolder statement: the experts are idiots.

Think about the expertise of an "expert" who says: "Hey fellow experts. I got an idea. I bet the people who have been vaccinated for COVID and catch COVID might have even higher immunity than someone who has only been vaccinated or just had a prior infection. My hypothesis is that they have super immunity. Let's do some tests to prove my theory."

Furthermore, think about the journalist who comes up with this headline: "Full vaccination against COVID-19 and a breakthrough infection builds 'super immunity,' study finds." That's a journalist with some journalistic integrity. She probably even defines burning down buildings and looting as "peaceful protesting." Nonetheless, I bet nobody else on the planet could do her job. She deserves an award or something. 

Finally, let's ponder the type of person who would read such an article with sincere intrigue. One might wonder what that reader could be convinced of. I surmise that if I had access to anyone who was like, "hmm, look at this article. I would have never thought about that. What an interesting subject. Let's give it a read," that I could possibly convince them that wearing an N95 mask in the car by themselves while driving down the highway would give them a 96.9% chance of not catching COVID from their own breath. Or maybe even that there is a 75% chance that they could catch ear cancer from the radio if they listen to FOX NEWS. But who knows.

Humans are an interesting bunch.