> Research shows that a previous coronavirus infection plus one dose of vaccine provides powerful protection — but concerns linger<p>This is one thing that’s been incredibly frustrating throughout this whole pandemic. Studies and research will show B, with no sign of A, however inertia/politics/fear/ignorance will continue to push A to the point of harm.<p>An example - a local store was insisting on wiping down the entire checkout conveyor with alcohol between every single customer until very recently, when we’ve know for a long time that you won’t get COVID from that.
> France, Germany and Italy, among other countries, now advise only one dose of vaccine for people with a healthy immune system and a confirmed previous diagnosis. Many scientists who have studied immune responses to vaccination say such policies are a sensible way to make the most of limited supplies in countries that are racing to inoculate their populations.<p>At least for France, their Infectious Disease professionals go further. They're of the opinion that a second dose in someone that's been infected (within a certain range of time) is subjecting them to unnecessary treatment, wasted time and side effects for no/limited benefit.<p>It's not to make the most of limited supplies.<p>Auto-translation (with some readability tweaks):<p>> If the second dose of vaccine has already been administered to people with a history of infection with SARS-Cov-2, the data available to date do not show any difference in the safety profile apart from the occurrence of more common systemic reactions.<p><a href="https://www.has-sante.fr/jcms/p_3237271/en/strategie-de-vaccination-contre-le-sars-cov-2-vaccination-des-personnes-ayant-un-antecedent-de-covid-19" rel="nofollow">https://www.has-sante.fr/jcms/p_3237271/en/strategie-de-vacc...</a><p>But questioning the value of a vaccine under any circumstances is ban-worthy in a lot of places.
Why doesn't getting Covid and then allowing your body to produce your own immunity not protect you from getting it again?<p>As I understand the variants are not like the flu or the cold (yet!)
seems like there's some consensus on two "exposures" worth of immunity being valuable.<p>any data on second shots for folks who took the J&J?
If infection rates were double digit, the "think of what we could save" argument might perhaps deserve some consideration. But as it stands, I feel the only warranted concern is the well-being of Covid survivors.
I wish there was an easier way to figure out if you had COVID.<p>As someone who's only got one dose so far, I would gladly skip the second one if I knew for certain I had COVID before, so someone else could get my second dose.