# Getting COVID twice

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395>\
**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [August 23, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395 "2021-08-23T21:02:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2021, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395/1 "2021-08-23T21:02:44Z")

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With the mounting breakthrough cases and the undeniable evidence that the vaccinated are much less likely to develop severe symptoms, my question is: What about the unvaccinated that get COVID a second time? Is there any evidence that they are less likely to develop a severe/life threatening case?

PS. Unless contraindicated, I think that everyone that can get the vaccine should. Full stop.

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395/2 "2021-08-24T13:47:50Z")

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2021, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/getting-covid-twice/949395/3 "2021-08-24T13:49:09Z")

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Since this is already being discussed in another thread, let’s close this one.

Those interested in the topic should see this thread instead:

> [@Is having Covid previously as good a protection as full vaccination?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-having-covid-previously-as-good-a-protection-as-full-vaccination/949405):
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> I have a friend who keeps insisting that having previously had Covid is as good(better I think he said) protection than being fully vaccinated. Is he right? I often find data of vaccinated vs. unvaccinated, but I never see “previously contracted Covid” as a category.