Ingham County’s top health official says claims by Michigan Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey about the “natural immunity” of people who have had COVID
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Vail points out that the state of Michigan and the Centers for Disease Control do not use the phrase “naturally immunized” to describe people who have had COVID-19. “While being sick with COVID does provide some immunity, Vail says, there is really not any good information related to how long that lasts.”
Natural infection will create some immunity, but Vail adds how robust that is, is an unknown. There are studies out there showing that the vaccine does give a more robust response.”
Vail also says there is a concern about whether that immunity would continue to protect against variants of the coronavirus. Being infected twice is rare, she says, but can happen, and can lead to life-threatening complications.
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Earlier this week, it was announced that injections of the
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) COVID-19 vaccine would be paused, due to six cases of a rare type of blood clot. The company s single-dose vaccine also had its rollout in the EU delayed, and was paused in South Africa as well.
Fortunately, as of April 14, almost a quarter of the U.S. population was fully vaccinated, and around 40% of the population had received at least one dose. As of the same date, according to a White House briefing, the J&J vaccine had accounted for fewer than 5% of the over 190 million recorded doses in the U.S.
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