Natural immunity, after being widely acknowledged as part of immune response to respiratory viruses, became a right-wing conspiracy theory during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Experts” that previously touted natural immunity, such as Dr. Anthony Fauci, suddenly were horrified at the suggestion that previous COVID infection could prove effective at preventing further infection or serious outcomes.
But as we witnessed all too often with the “expert” pronouncements on masks, school closures, lockdowns and the lab leak, they’re more than happy to mislead the public about evidence if they deem that it contradicts their preferred policies. However, now there’s another set of data confirming that yet again the “experts” were wrong about the importance of natural immunity.
New Study Shows How Natural Immunity Saved Lives, Prevented Infections
A massive new study was just released on the comparison of vaccine effectiveness with natural immunity in Austria, using observational data from the entire country’s health registry. The idea behind the study design was to test how important previous COVID infection actually was in reducing negative outcomes, particularly deaths.
Spoiler alert: it was very, very effective.