# Immunity after getting COVID should fulfill vaccine requirements

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**Category:** The Quarantine Zone\
**Tags:** covid-quarantine\
**Created:** [January 23, 2022, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258 "2022-01-23T03:25:35Z")\
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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:** [January 23, 2022, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/immunity-after-getting-covid-should-fulfill-vaccine-requirements/958258/62 "2022-01-23T19:01:14Z")

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For those who question whether concerns on effectiveness of prior infection is anti-science, I posted a [rebuttal](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/belligerent-covid-patients-frustrate-er-personnel/958068/105) in the other thread. Bottom line is that the only thing that is most reliable is infection plus vaccine or booster. There’s too many variables with prior infection. The article is a nice read with links to the contradicting research.

A major point that a few insist on ignoring is that proving prior infection invites shady practices much easier than proving vaccination. Any burden placed on the anti-vaxxer is minor compared to another hour of covid and the burden that places on them and society.

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