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Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby
Some "reasons":
5. Some might already have antibodies, and feel that vaccinating would be redundant (this is possible, I don't know the science on it but it seems to make sense that it's a valid reason - anyone want to look that up?)
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ADE is anti-body dependent enhancement. It essentially allows a pathogen to bypass the immune system and effects can range from rashes to death. ADE rarely occurs due to natural viruses, Dengue being the notable exception. ADE rarely happens with vaccines in which there is wide community exposure to the native pathogen. When a vaccine is known to trigger ADE, the production and distribution of that vaccine is halted immediately.
If you have natural immunity to a specific pathogen, there is no advantage to getting a vaccine and there is a significant potential downside.
All that said, there is ZERO evidence that SAR-COV2 or in fact any coronaviruses cause or trigger ADE.
If anything, a single dose of any of the vaccines(I personally would avoid the AstraZeneca, but it's not available here in the US anyway) is probably a good idea as a booster.
If you have had Covid, specially with any level of symptoms, the chances of you having full immunity are very high, higher than a vaccine would be my guess, but studies would be necessary to validate that.
If you simply had a positive test without symptoms, a full 2 shot course would be a good idea.
If you had symptomatic covid and are an allergic type person, avoid the shot, it's not worth it.
Finally, if you are pregnant or about to become pregnant, maybe you should hold off. There simply is no information readily available as to how the vaccine may affect a fetus. Not saying it's good or bad, simply that it's unknown. I've seen anecdotes both ways, got the virus, got the shot, baby fine. Fair enough. If it were my child, I'd hold off because the risk of the disease to a child bearing age woman is pretty low.