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Originally Posted by chet2020
You took this statement:
"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."
But you only posted this:
"The cumulative incidence of SARS-CoV-2 infection remained almost zero among previously infected unvaccinated subjects."
That's quite an interesting way to make an argument.
Since you mention the CDC, here's an article from their website dated Aug 6, 2021 (this article is two months more recent than yours).
"In today’s MMWR, a study of COVID-19 infections in Kentucky among people who were previously infected with SAR-CoV-2 shows that unvaccinated individuals are more than twice as likely to be reinfected with COVID-19 than those who were fully vaccinated after initially contracting the virus. These data further indicate that COVID-19 vaccines offer better protection than natural immunity alone and that vaccines, even after prior infection, help prevent reinfections."
New CDC Study: Vaccination Offers Higher Protection than Previous COVID-19 Infection | CDC Online Newsroom | CDC |
According to Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease doctor from Johns Hopkins University, regarding COVID-19 reinfections. “It's not a very common thing - at least - and it will get higher as we get further out. But right now, it's probably less than 1%.”
Sorry, but vaccinated breakthrough cases are occurring at a higher rate than 1%.
Except for a single isolated study in Kentucky, the vast majority of studies worldwide indicate that the likelihood of reinfection is lower than the likelihood of breakthrough cases in vaccinated individuals.
Most “reports” touting the higher effectiveness of the vaccines, are based on models, not actual cases.