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A low reinfection rate hasnt changed public health officials stance on whether the unvaccinated and yet-to-be infected should be vaccinated.

Its an interesting question because for many diseases natural immunity might be better than vaccine-induced immunity, Blumberg said.

For COVID, if you measure the immune response for people who are fully vaccinated, the preponderance of studies find that immune response is stronger, more consistent and longer-lasting following vaccination.

Its also not advisable to hope natural immunity will protect you because natural immunity requires getting infected and sick, which carries a risk of serious health repercussions and death, he said.

Among Galveston County residents confirmed with COVID infection since March 2020, 1 in every 33 has been hospitalized and 1 in every 100 has died, according to the health district.

With the vaccines and natural infections, its still unknown how long immunity will last. But theres evidence that vaccines protect better than natural immunity, experts said.

We know natural immunity is limited, said Dr. Richard Rupp, the assistant director of the Sealy Center for Vaccine Development at the University of Texas Medical Branch. Healthy people start getting reinfected as soon as six months after their initial infection. There is a good chance that natural immunity will only protect for three to five years.

That chance is based on how long natural immunity lasts in people who have caught other types of coronaviruses, such as the common cold.

The virus adversely affects immune systems in ways vaccines dont, and people who are vaccinated have higher antibody levels than do people who were previously infected, Rupp said.

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