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Natural immunity is good. Getting vaccinated after being sick with COVID-19 is better.
By Karen Weintraub, – Bing video USA TODAY – Yesterday 1:28 PM
Many people have caught COVID-19 over the past 20 months, despite their best efforts, or because they didn’t take enough precautions against the coronavirus. Data is just starting to emerge about how protected they may be against another infection. As with most illnesses, contracting COVID-19 provides immune “memory” that helps protect against a future infection.
But it’s still unclear how sick a person has to get with COVID-19 to develop enough immune memory to be protective and for how long. That’s why the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends even people who have had COVID-19 get vaccinated against it.
A growing body of research suggests infection plus vaccination provides the strongest protection against a wide range of variants, possibly for a long time.
People who were infected and then vaccinated some months later have “what’s called ‘hybrid immunity,’ which is like super-immunity,” said Warner Greene, a virologist at the Gladstone Institutes in San Francisco.
This combined protection seems to last a long time, according to a new study
in the journal Science. It may last far longer than vaccination alone, he said, though that hasn’t been proven yet. Greene warns against seeking out infection to get such good protection, though. Severe disease is no fun and can strike anyone.
Infectious disease expert Dr. Monica Gandhi, said public health officials too often downplay the protection provided by infection.
“To deny natural immunity does not generate trust,” said Gandhi, an infectious disease expert at the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.
Getting vaccinated three months – or even better, six months – after infection provides the best possible protection, she said. But adding a second shot offers almost no additional benefit over the first, nor do people who have been fully vaccinated and infected need a booster at this point.
“If you’re naturally immune, get one dose,” Gandhi said.
In a new study from the Rockefeller Institute in New York, researchers
found that people who get vaccinated after catching COVID-19 may be protected against a wider range of variants than people who get vaccinated alone.
Still, said Theodora Hatziioannou, an author on the study, if you have to pick one, go with vaccination.
Shots, she said, lead to higher levels of neutralizing antibodies, naturally made substances that fight an infection. Neutralizing antibodies wane with time, so the more you start out with, the better.
“At five-six months post-vaccination or infection,” she said, “the vaccinated participants had overall higher levels of neutralizing antibodies than the infected, including against variants.”
There are still open questions when it comes to natural immunity and the protection it affords.
It’s not clear, for instance, how soon someone can get infected with COVID-19 a second time.
The CDC “is actively working to learn more about reinfection to inform public health action,” according to spokesperson Kristen Nordlund.
“This is a priority area of research for CDC.”
For young, healthy people, an infection may provide 80% to 90% protection against a reinfection, she said. But in older adults and those who are immunocompromised, an infection may be less protective.
In Denmark, for instance, of nearly 12,000 people who tested positive during the first wave of coronavirus infections last year, more than 80% were protected in the second surge. But among those 65 and older, protection against repeat infection was only 47%. Protection didn’t seem to fade over time.
Milder or asymptomatic infections may provide less protection than severe ones. Unvaccinated people who had COVID-19 are more than twice as likely as fully vaccinated people to get COVID-19 again, Nordlund said.
Studies are still being done, she said, to better understand whether repeat infections are milder than initial ones.
“One would expect so,” Hatziioannou said. “The immune responses developed during the first infection should offer some protection against severe symptoms the second time around.”
But variants might make a difference. For example, she said, blood from people previously infected with the so-called beta coronavirus variant might not be able to fight the delta variant as well as people infected with the virus in its original form.
Jeffrey Shaman, an infectious disease epidemiologist at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, said it’s frustrating to be this far into the pandemic and still have so little understanding of repeat infections.
Though it should be relatively easy to count how many people get infected after vaccination – data the CDC stopped collecting this spring – it’s much more challenging to learn how many people are getting repeat COVID-19 infections.
If they’re not very sick, he said, they are unlikely to report those infections.
Early studies suggested some people were developing different types of immune responses to infection, he said. Some developed protection against the virus’ spike protein, the same target of vaccines. They seemed less likely to develop a repeat infection.
But it’s possible that as the virus that causes COVID-19 continues to evolve, another variant will come along and people whose immune systems respond to a different part of the virus will be better protected, he said.
Dr. Robert Glatter, an emergency physician at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City, said he worries about patients who had a severe reaction to COVID-19 the first time.
He has seen a number of patients whose symptoms are worse with a second infection, perhaps because they have immune cells that are “primed to respond in an exaggerated or more aggressive fashion during a reinfection.”
Countries that have tried to rely on natural infections to slow the spread of
the virus, such as Brazil and Iran, “have not prevented recurrent waves of infection,” Glatter said.
“There is no country in the world where natural infection and natural immunity has slowed the pace of the pandemic or helped to bring it under control.”
Contact Karen Weintraub at kweintraub@usatoday.com.
Health and patient safety coverage at USA TODAY is made possible in part by a grant from the Masimo Foundation for Ethics, Innovation and Competition in Healthcare. The Masimo Foundation does not provide editorial input.
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Almost two years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic,
many employers and businesses are requiring the COVID-19 vaccine.
But what happens to those who refuse?
Some have been fired or benched. Others quit. Those who did include well-known football coaches, Broadway stars and news reporters.
As of today, 66% of Americans are fully vaccinated against coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as well as the country’s top infectious disease experts, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, say the best way to protect Americans from the virus is by getting vaccinated.
Unemployment over vaccination?
These public figures paid a hefty price for their decisions.
Gabriela Miranda, USA TODAY – 3h ago
Here’s a breakdown of some of the public figures who left their jobs or
were fired after deciding not to get a company-mandated vaccination.
Allison Williams, ESPN reporter.
After reporting with ESPN for 15 years, Williams announced she would part ways with the network because she had declined the vaccine. Williams reported during ESPN’S college football broadcasts, and the network made vaccinations mandatory for staffers at live events at the beginning of August.
It is now required for all staffers. Williams posted on Instagram and said she is “so morally and ethically not aligned with this” as she and her husband are looking to have another child.
“Ultimately, I cannot put a paycheck over principle,” Williams said on Instagram. “And I will not sacrifice something that I believe and hold so strongly to maintain a career.”
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Bob Boone, Washington Nationals VP
Washington Nationals Vice President Bob Boone informed the club he’s resigning rather than comply with the organization’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate.
Boone, 73, has been with Washington since 2004 and moved into his role as
VP and senior adviser to general manager Mike Rizzo after the 2015 season. He was assistant GM and vice president of player development from 2006-2013.
The Nationals said employees were notified of the policy on Aug. 12 and had until Aug. 26 to provide proof of full vaccination or one dose or apply for an exemption.
“As a company, we have a responsibility to do everything we can to keep one another safe and felt that mandating vaccines was the absolute right thing to do for our employees and our community,” the team said in a statement released a week prior to Boone’s resignation.
Cole Popovich, Patriots assistant coach
Patriots co-offensive line coach Cole Popovich won’t be with the Patriots
this season due to the NFL’s guidelines related to the COVID-19 vaccine.
The NFL requires all Tier-1 employees to be vaccinated against the virus, which includes coaches, front office executives, equipment managers and scouts. Popovich, 36, joined the Patriots as a coaching assistant in 2016.
Patriots long snapper and Navy lieutenant Joe Cardona issued a statement
to Pro Football Focus about the NFL’s memo on COVID protocols.
“The NFL has taken a firm stance that will have massive implications to individual players. Ensuring every single player in the league is afforded the opportunity to earn every paycheck for which they are eligible is extremely important. As athletes, our time horizon for earning income is already volatile enough with factors we can control, let alone this new policy,” said Cardona.
Gray Television employees
An 18-year employee, Meggan Gray left her co-hosting role on WLOX-TV’s “Good Morning Mississippi” because she denied getting vaccinated.
“I may have lost my job, but I preserved my integrity,” Gray added in her Facebook post.
“I tried everything possible to keep my job, including offering to be tested on a weekly basis. My requests were denied.”
Linda Simmons, a reporter in Springfield, Missouri, who was with the company for 14 years, as well as Karl Bohnak, a meteorologist in Marquette, Michigan, were also fired after refusing the vaccination mandate.
“I value the freedom we all have to make our own informed decisions,”
Simmons said on Facebook. “I will miss you all, and I am sad to be leaving this way, but I have confidence that I am doing God’s will for me. I trust that He has good plans in store.”
Kyrie Irving, Brooklyn Nets guard
Though he’s not lost his job, he could start losing pay. Irving has been barred from the Brooklyn Nets games and practices until he gets vaccinated. If he continues to refuse, he could forfeit nearly $400,000 in salary for each game he misses.
On Instagram Live, Irving confirmed he hasn’t received the COVID-19 vaccine and added “nobody should be forced to do anything with their bodies.”
New York City’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate requires players to be vaccinated in order to play at Madison Square Garden or Barclays Center, the Nets’ home arena. Nets general manager Sean Marks said he had “no choice” but to keep Irving away from the team due to the mandate.
“This is my life,” Irving said. “I get to do whatever I want with this, this is one body that I get here. And you are telling me what to do with my body.”
Laura Osnes, Broadway actress
Osnes has starred in numerous Broadway productions, including “Cinderella,” and was set to star in a one-night preview of “Crazy for You” at Guild Hall in East Hampton of Long Island, NBC News reported.
But in August, Osnes said she withdrew from the one-night concert since all theaters were requiring the COVID-19 vaccine.
In a now-deleted Instagram post, Osnes said she was not offered a chance to get regularly tested for coronavirus instead.
“I believe individuals have the right to do the research, consult a doctor and come to their own conclusions before deciding whether or not to get any injection,” Osnes wrote.
Nick Rolovich, Washington State football coach – Bing
Rolovich, 42, was fired after less than two years with Washington State after refusing to meet the state’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate. Rolovich and other state employees all faced a deadline Monday to save their jobs — either be fully vaccinated or obtain approval for an exemption.
Rolovich made a plea for religious exemption but did not elaborate on his religious reasons for not being vaccinated. Rolovich attended a Catholic school and his family comes from a Catholic background, yet he declined to publicly confirm whether he identifies as Catholic.
Rolovich was not the only coach who refused the mandate; defensive tackles coach Ricky Logo, assistant head coach John Richardson, co-offensive coordinator Craig Stutzmann and offensive line coach Mark Weber were also fired.
“To be at this juncture today is unacceptable on so many levels and is antithetical to the WSU experience our student-athletes so richly deserve,” WSU athletics director Pat Chun said in a statement.
Rick Dennison, Vikings coordinator
Dennison, the club’s offensive line coach and run game coordinator parted ways with the team after refusing the vaccine mandate.
The 63-year-old joined the Vikings in 2019 and earned three Super Bowl wins in his career. In his absence, the Vikings promoted assistant O-line coach Phil Rauscher and hired Auburn special teams analyst Ben Steele as an assistant.
Rodrik David, Atlanta Falcons scout
The Atlanta Falcons fired a scout over his refusal to get a COVID-19 vaccine. David had worked with the team for four years, hired as a scouting assistant in 2017 and then promoted to pro scout with a focus on the Midwest.
The Falcons announced starting In August 2021, all regular full and part-time associates must be vaccinated in order “to maintain a safe working environment for all associates.”
The policy went into effect in October.
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