Natural Immunity From COVID-19 Infection Provides High Protection Against Severe Cases --Study

Previous COVID-19 infection provides strong and long-lasting protection against severe disease, according to a new study.

The research, published Thursday in the journal The Lancet, reviewed 65 studies on natural immunity to find that the average effectiveness was at least 88% against hospitalization and death for all coronavirus variants 10 months after infection. The research did not include omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, which is dominant in the U.S. ...

The researchers emphasized that the data should not be used to discourage vaccination, which they said in a better way to acquire protection against COVID-19.

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