Immunity acquired from a Covid infection is as protective as vaccination

Dr. Akshay Syal writes at NBC News, “Immunity acquired from a Covid infection provides strong, lasting protection against the most severe outcomes of the illness, according to research published Thursday in The Lancet — protection, experts say, that’s on par with what’s provided through two doses of an mRNA vaccine.

Immunity acquired from a Covid infection is as protective as vaccination against severe illness and death, study finds

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Infection-acquired immunity cut the risk of hospitalization and death from a Covid reinfection by 88% for at least 10 months, the study found.

'This is really good news, in the sense that protection against severe disease and death after infection is really quite sustained at 10 months,' said the senior study author, Dr. Christopher Murray, the director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington."

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