Nearly 30 million people in the US and probably many others whose illnesses were never diagnosed have been infected with the coronavirus so far. Should these people still be vaccinated?
Two new studies answer that question with an emphatic yes.
In fact, the research suggests that for these people just one dose of the vaccine is enough to turbocharge their antibodies and destroy the coronavirus and even some more infectious variants.
The results of these new studies are consistent with the findings of two others published over the past few weeks. Taken together, the research suggests that people who have had Covid-19 should be immunised but a single dose of the vaccine may be enough.
Dan Barry, The New York Times
Published: 31 Dec 2020 01:19 PM BdST
Updated: 31 Dec 2020 01:19 PM BdST A display of 2021 glasses are seen through the window of a store in Times Square in New York, Dec 30, 2020. This New Year’s Eve, just a few hundred will gather in Times Square dozens of frontline workers among them and only then by special invitation. Sarah Blesener/The New York Times
Last New Year’s Eve, an undulating sea flooded Midtown Manhattan, rippling through the streets and establishments to lap against the peacocking George M Cohan statue in Times Square. A million people strong, all kissing and cheering in the warm glow of 2020’s promise.