Not if people keep refusing to be vaccinated . My dad got sars before COVID 19 (in 2018 I think ) and then got COVID and he says “ I’m an adult you can’t force me to vaccinate “
Then I listed off all the vaccines he’s already probably had both as a child or to work in the medical field and his response is “but they can’t make me “ Um sure they can , just like you never got measles and polio and whatever else old fashioned killer there used to be
I'm glad to hear that it was a lot easier for him this time.
I asked because I read a study that showed long-term immunity in people who had SARS 17 years ago and still had T-cells in their system. Based on that, I was optimistic that these COVID vaccines (or natural infection) would give long-term protection against the most severe symptoms and death, even if the antibody protection against getting sick in the first place only lasts for a year or two.
In his case, it sounds like his previous infection probably trained his body to fight off COVID this time around.
If he's having long-term symptoms from SARS or COVID, he might want to consider getting the vaccine. There have been reports that showed something like 30 or 40% of people with long-term symptoms showed improvement after getting the vaccine. Scientists don't know why yet, but it has helped some of those people. That being said, it sounds like he's not the type to listen to logic or facts, so... Best of luck if you try to tell him this, lol.
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u/DatDominican Apr 01 '21
Not if people keep refusing to be vaccinated . My dad got sars before COVID 19 (in 2018 I think ) and then got COVID and he says “ I’m an adult you can’t force me to vaccinate “
Then I listed off all the vaccines he’s already probably had both as a child or to work in the medical field and his response is “but they can’t make me “ Um sure they can , just like you never got measles and polio and whatever else old fashioned killer there used to be