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Originally Posted by Escape Artist
You're wrong. That's not true at all, hence the need for boosters. Besides, the so-called immunity given is just for S-specific antibodies, meaning for one kind of spike protein only. Natural immunity acquired after an infection is broad and more long-lived.
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Immunity always wanes, whether acquired via infection or vaccination.
Current peer-reviewed published info indicates vaccines confer better immunity than infection. There is an Israeli paper hanging around out there that is not yet peer-reviewed, we'll see what happens there.
It seems to me we still have little understanding of which antibodies interact with which virus proteins. So I'm trying to understand your statement re: S-specific ABs only attacking one type of spike protein. Do you have an article or paper to reference?
I asked for a reference, so I'll provide one also. This is a good overview of the current situation. Of course, this will evolve over time.
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