# Explain the debate about natural immunity wrt having had Covid-19

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**Created:** [October 14, 2021, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459 "2021-10-14T03:59:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459/61 "2021-10-20T20:06:17Z")

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> [@RitterSport](#):
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> If believing in natural immunity meant avoid vaccines and going to COVID parties, then that’s definitely anti-science.

No, that’s not what I mean.

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**Author:** ![Esprise\_Me](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/esprise_me/32/2947_2.png) [@Esprise\_Me](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Esprise_Me)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459/62 "2021-10-20T20:14:03Z")

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The example doesn’t have to be from this thread. But I would like specifics of what you’re describing. Person X said Y in an article in publication Z and someone in the comments called them an anti-vaxxer for it. Can you give such an example?

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**Author:** ![Trom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@Trom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trom)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2021, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459/63 "2021-10-20T20:20:14Z")

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Probably if I wanted to trawl through Twitter, but I’m fine with chalking it up to me misinterpreting the zeitgeist.

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**Author:** ![Tfletch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tfletch1/32/5340_2.png) [@Tfletch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tfletch1)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2021, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/explain-the-debate-about-natural-immunity-wrt-having-had-covid-19/952459/64 "2021-10-31T13:59:16Z")

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Consistent with a previous [study](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm7032e1_w) out of Kentucky, a new, and larger, [study](https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7044e1.htm?s_cid=mm7044e1_w) finds that vaccination is 5.5X more effective at protecting from hospitalization than natural immunity.

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