> Yes, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 because:
> Research has not yet shown how long you are protected from getting COVID-19 again after you recover from COVID-19.
> Vaccination helps protect you even if you’ve already had COVID-19.
an Israeli paper[2] (probably the one you're thinking of) also mentions that yes - your immunity from having the disease is better than a vaccine but getting both still provides a much better outcome. Please note that this study is very recent and may be overturned in review.
> This study demonstrated that natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccine-induced immunity. Individuals who were both previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 and given a single dose of the vaccine gained additional protection against the Delta variant.
So maybe you'll end up super-immune! Congratulations! (now go get vaccinated)
> Yes, you should be vaccinated regardless of whether you already had COVID-19 because:
> Research has not yet shown how long you are protected from getting COVID-19 again after you recover from COVID-19.
> Vaccination helps protect you even if you’ve already had COVID-19.
an Israeli paper[2] (probably the one you're thinking of) also mentions that yes - your immunity from having the disease is better than a vaccine but getting both still provides a much better outcome. Please note that this study is very recent and may be overturned in review.
> This study demonstrated that natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccine-induced immunity. Individuals who were both previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 and given a single dose of the vaccine gained additional protection against the Delta variant.
So maybe you'll end up super-immune! Congratulations! (now go get vaccinated)
1. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/vaccines/faq.html
2. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v...