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Old 08-13-2021, 04:05 AM
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Originally Posted by Swoop View Post
Such a misleading title to that article.
The chances of reinfection from Covid are extremely low: Survivors of Covid-19 are significantly less likely than the rest of the population to catch the novel coronavirus—but their risk of reinfection is not zero, according to a study published Wednesday in JAMA Internal Medicine.

So if you recovered from Covid and then got your shot you are twice as likely not to be reinfected. But if you didn’t get your shot, your chances of reinfection are still lower than the rest of the population…
"The rest of the population" meaning those who are not vaccinated yet; that makes sense.
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