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To: TexasGurl24
"Claim 1: The current numbers in Brazil are all people who had COVID before, and who caught the “new variant.”"

False; I never made any such claim. I did make reference to evidence in studies like the one published in the Lancet (https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(21)00183-5/fulltext) regarding Manaus Brazil and the impact of the P.1 variant's emergence there, despite that population already having reached the previously assumed Herd Immunity Threshold (HIT). Infections and hospitalizations spiked tremendously when the P.1 variant emerged.

"Claim 2: People who had mild or asymptomatic infection and recovered aren’t protected against variants and must rush out to get the vaccine."

False; I never made any such claim. I said they have a lower level of protection. I then provided documentation to that effect including a pretty diagram from a referenced published study. Antibody titers are lower for those who have had mild or asymptomatic COVID-19 than they are for those who have had severe COVID-19 or who have been vaccinated.

"What specific antibody level in U/ml is sufficient to protect against reinfection. Please cite your sources with peer reviewed research."

That is a function of level of exposure, individual immune system response, type and quantity of antibodies present, and which variant the individual is exposed to. In other words, it's entirely situational. However, greater levels of antibodies provide greater levels of protection. If you have 2 antibodies in your whole body, they aren't helping you. If you have 500 billion, they're likely overwhelming any variant and any reasonable level of exposure.

"Despite people like you who seem to think that its a death sentence for anyone that gets it"

False claim number 3. I have never said any such thing. The data says that about 40% of people who become infected show no symptoms at all. Another 40% show mild symptoms easily mistaken for a cold or allergies. 5% have a severe enough case to require hospitalization. 3% end up in the ICU. Somewhere between 0.65% and 1% die.

You keep putting words in my mouth and then tearing down claims I never made. That is not an honest, good faith discussion.

"So why on earth would I go out and get one of the vaccines"

I don't care if you do or not. That's your decision to make. Don't want a vaccine? Don't get it. All I care about is people having the information in front of them so they can make their own informed decision. If that decision is not to get vaccinated, then so be it.

52 posted on 06/05/2021 10:40:52 AM PDT by 2aProtectsTheRest (The media is banging the fear drum enough. Don't help them do it.)
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To: 2aProtectsTheRest

What specific antibody level in U/ml is sufficient to protect against reinfection. Please cite your sources with peer reviewed research.


53 posted on 06/05/2021 11:03:43 AM PDT by TexasGurl24
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