Birdwatch Note Rating
2023-02-25 06:57:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 82AABDF9960E080F5B7A7C9FF32DC4C82C912FBF80E71D1B106A817B9F5A25FD
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The covid vaccine is effective at reducing infection & hospitalization, though variants have reduced its protection: https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanres/article/PIIS2213-2600(23)00015-2/fulltext Prior infection protects more against the *specific variant* you were infected with, but vaccination provides much broader protection against variants: https://directorsblog.nih.gov/2021/06/22/how-immunity-generated-from-covid-19-vaccines-differs-from-an-infection/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34103407/ https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(22)02465-5/fulltext https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciimmunol.abn8014
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