Jun 23, 2022·edited Jun 23, 2022Liked by Modern Discontent
Thanks for a good review. Unsubstantiated fear is never rooted in evidence. But media makes its living by promoting fear (as do politicians), so the headlines will continue to do so, regardless of the lack of science. Media is in the business of selling advertising after all. Not in presenting evidence.
Just one limited comment: Is there anyone left who does NOT realize the fear in NOT "rooted in evidence" ? Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice.......
I think it's entirely reasonable to assume reinfection is possible, even likely, after a certain amount of time (the challenge trial provided makes the answer very obvious, at least for the flu). The question is how long are we highly protected after vaccination or infection? Hearing stories of people getting infected multiple times (true, symptomatic infection, not just a positive PCR) over the course of only a few months is odd. I personally only know a few people who have had multiple infections, and it coincided with new variants, which makes me think social media is making it sound more common than it really is. I was infected in January and just came through an outbreak at work unscathed, so for me, immunity is still holding at four months. The lack of seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 muddies the waters, many of us are getting significant exposures every 3-4 months as a new wave of cases comes along. Reinfection by the likes of the flu may seem uncommon because we're only really exposed for a small part of the year, so it doesn't matter if we have immunity for the six months where we're unlikely to encounter the virus. On the other hand, frequent exposures could work like boosters, leading to more lasting immunity. That could explain how some folks who have never really taken any precautions have managed to remain healthy after having COVID-19 very early in the pandemic.
Thanks for a good review. Unsubstantiated fear is never rooted in evidence. But media makes its living by promoting fear (as do politicians), so the headlines will continue to do so, regardless of the lack of science. Media is in the business of selling advertising after all. Not in presenting evidence.
Just one limited comment: Is there anyone left who does NOT realize the fear in NOT "rooted in evidence" ? Fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice.......
I think it's entirely reasonable to assume reinfection is possible, even likely, after a certain amount of time (the challenge trial provided makes the answer very obvious, at least for the flu). The question is how long are we highly protected after vaccination or infection? Hearing stories of people getting infected multiple times (true, symptomatic infection, not just a positive PCR) over the course of only a few months is odd. I personally only know a few people who have had multiple infections, and it coincided with new variants, which makes me think social media is making it sound more common than it really is. I was infected in January and just came through an outbreak at work unscathed, so for me, immunity is still holding at four months. The lack of seasonality of SARS-CoV-2 muddies the waters, many of us are getting significant exposures every 3-4 months as a new wave of cases comes along. Reinfection by the likes of the flu may seem uncommon because we're only really exposed for a small part of the year, so it doesn't matter if we have immunity for the six months where we're unlikely to encounter the virus. On the other hand, frequent exposures could work like boosters, leading to more lasting immunity. That could explain how some folks who have never really taken any precautions have managed to remain healthy after having COVID-19 very early in the pandemic.
Here is an article making a case for the COVID vaccines promoting reinfections.
https://robynchuter.substack.com/p/covid-19-injections-are-screwing-922?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
Nice article by the way.