"In SARS-CoV-2 vaccinees and COVID-19 patients within the first weeks after vaccination or infection, respectively, antibody responses to SARS-CoV S increased. Vaccinees and severely ill patients developed similar concentrations of anti-SARS-CoV S IgG, whereas those of moderately ill patients were significantly lower."
And there's fun pictures to that effect as well:
(Source: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666634021000350)
I've never said that recovery from infection doesn't provide protection. In fact, I said the opposite. But the literature is clear: vaccination and recovery from severe COVID-19 provide the most protection, while recovery from mild or asymptomatic infection provide less. Certain variants impact this protection. We've seen that already in places like Brazil and South Africa. Reinfection with the same variant appears exceedingly rare. Breakthrough infection following vaccination is also exceedingly rare.
And no, I'm not "pushing the vaccine". I'm passing along factual information. If factual information feels like "pushing the vaccine", that may be because the vaccines have a lot of benefits to them. But if you don't want to get vaccinated, don't. I don't care what choice you make. I care that everyone has the facts in hand to make an informed decision for themselves.