Yes. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that reinfection with COVID-19 is possible, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 infection. If you were treated for COVID-19 symptoms with monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma, you should wait 90 days before getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Talk to your doctor if you are unsure what treatments you received or if you have more questions about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
The underlying rationale is that vaccines elicit a more consistent immune response [2] and confer immunity with higher efficacy [3] than being infected with the real coronavirus.
It's still mind boggling to be that this isn't taken into account when deciding on the order of vaccine distribution. The incremental protection conferred to a recovered covid patient is far less than that conferred to someone who hasn't contracted the disease.
> Out of over six thousand who have had the virus, there have been about 42 re-infections. Comparing that to the cohort of people who were never infected, that comes out to 83% efficacy. So there’s your comparison number – which means that being vaccinated with either of the mRNA agents provides better protection than being infected with the real coronavirus can.
The vaccine comes in two doses spaced by a month or two, and the second boosts immune response. Being exposed to the real thing twice should have a similar effect, but it would be hard to precisely dose and schedule another weak exposure.
However, `42/6000 = 0.007` sounds pretty low-risk to me, unless you are elderly and/or in poor health.
Yes. Due to the severe health risks associated with COVID-19 and the fact that reinfection with COVID-19 is possible, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 infection. If you were treated for COVID-19 symptoms with monoclonal antibodies or convalescent plasma, you should wait 90 days before getting a COVID-19 vaccine. Talk to your doctor if you are unsure what treatments you received or if you have more questions about getting a COVID-19 vaccine.
[1]: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html
The underlying rationale is that vaccines elicit a more consistent immune response [2] and confer immunity with higher efficacy [3] than being infected with the real coronavirus.
[2]: https://abcnews.go.com/Health/people-covid-19-vaccine-doctor...
[3]: https://blogs.sciencemag.org/pipeline/archives/2021/01/14/jo...