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Originally Posted by SkBlogW

I don't know who the quack is at that Nebraska HMO where that article was posted, but he is obviously ignorant of actual studies conducted by the CDC, Cleveland Clinic, and NIH.

Explaining this as I would to a third grader, I would say "Johnny, do you see lots of articles in the news about covid reinfections, or do you see tons of reports about breakthrough infections of the fully vaccinated"

The reinfection rate found in most scientific studies is 1% or less. The CDC measured breakthrough cases in Los Angeles and found them to be 25% of total cases.

"Which number is bigger Johnny? 1% or 25%??"

The cohort of 75,149 previously infected resulted in 315 suspected reinfections were identified, with a cumulative incidence at 270 days of 0.8%

Rate and severity of suspected SARS-Cov-2 reinfection in a cohort of PCR-positive COVID-19 patients

Cases of reinfection with COVID-19 have been reported, but remain rare​.​

Reinfection with COVID-19 | CDC

Cleveland Clinic study

The cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection remained almost zero among previously infected unvaccinated subjects.

Conclusions Individuals who have had SARS-CoV-2 infection are unlikely to benefit from COVID-19 vaccination, and vaccines can be safely prioritized to those who have not been infected before.

Necessity of COVID-19 vaccination in previously infected individuals | medRxiv

"Now Johnny, if you want to believe some Omaha quack over the heavyweights listed above, it is your right to remain completely misinformed."

Third grade teachers should be held to a higher standard.

Hopefully, Johnny would be bright enough to point out the first "study" does not include a control to compare to, the second statement is unqualified and unsupported, and the third quote is actually just a segment of the actual sentence:

The cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection remained almost zero among previously infected unvaccinated subjects, previously infected subjects who were vaccinated, and previously uninfected subjects who were vaccinated, compared with a steady increase in cumulative incidence among previously uninfected subjects who remained unvaccinated.