Of Freedom, Country and Vaccination

[dirkfansince1998]

I suggested 3 groups, survived, vaccinated and unvaccinated

The EU-COVID pass works with a similar system. Vaccinated and fully recovered people have equal status. Difference is that the recovered status applies for six months. Vaccinated for one year. Recent studies and the impact of Delta indicate that different expiring dates aren´t necessary.

In the end the important question is. Immunity or no immunity. Vaccine data is easy to track. Previous infections can be tracked but we would miss a lot of asymptomatic cases. With the lack of knowledge about the virus we aren´t able to come up with a specific antibody treshold that could be used to verify the status. Research is on the way but it is possible that we will never get the required information from antibody tests because immune response is more complicated than a simple...antibodies/no antibodies.
A potential risk is the amount of people  that isn´t mounting a systematic antibody response. Especially in case of a low viral load, mild cases or no symptoms Also a possiblity when it comes to the vaccine. But less likely.

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/27/9/21-1042_article

But. Just like in many COVID related discussions it isn´t a one or the other situation. For fully recovered the best option is to have BOTH natural immunity and the vaccine (even mentioned in the study from Israel that @"TXBamanut" posted). Even learned something new. I thought the German/French guideline to give only one dose is the international standard. Based on the current data only one shot of mRNA vaccines is enough for previously infected. Additional shots did not lead to significant higher antibody numbers.

Otherwise the order is still the same. VACCINE > NO VACCINE. Not sure why any (even super healthy athlet) would risk the infection just to get natural immunity. The risk/reward calculation isn´t adding up.