A new study found that infection-induced immunity for COVID-19 provides strong, lasting protection from severe disease that is on par with vaccine-induced protection. But experts caution that vaccination remains the safest route to immunity.
, which stands for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. POTS, an autonomic nervous system disorder, can cause fainting, irregular heartbeats and dizziness and appears to affect young women the most; there is no known cure.Medical experts we talked to said the Lancet analysis’ results were unsurprising as it was a review of already-reported findings.
"Individuals with hybrid immunity had the highest magnitude and durability of protection, and as a result might be able to extend the period before booster vaccinations are needed compared to individuals who have never been infected," the analysis said. In an email, a spokesperson confirmed that the agency continues to recommend vaccination and said multiple studies have shown that both infection and vaccination result in"a low risk of subsequent infection" for at least six months, and that numerous studies have found that vaccinating previously infected individuals"significantly enhances their immune response."
"When mandates were first being rolled out, there was a question about whether you can reasonably say, ‘I don't want a vaccine because I have infection-induced immunity.’ But I think it came down to it being more of a bureaucratic hurdle than anything else," said Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the advisory committee on COVID-19 vaccines and director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.
"Because the world’s population was not immune to this new virus in January 2020, the development of a vaccine as rapidly as possible to protect populations, especially older people, was essential," said Dr. Monica Gandhi, a professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.
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