The steadfast refusal of “experts,” media members and politicians to accept the effectiveness of natural immunity has caused immense damage.
Despite the fact that it has objectively been an inarguable reality of every pandemic in history, immunity from prior infection somehow became controversial during COVID-19.
In 2004 Dr. Anthony Fauci acknowledged the importance of natural immunity, stating in a television interview that it was extremely valuable and protective.
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If she’s had the flu, “she’s as protected as anyone can be,” Fauci says, “because the most potent vaccination is to get infected yourself.”
As perhaps the best example of how narrative enforcement has become a distinct priority for major tech companies, search results for this video default to “fact checks” promoting COVID vaccination.
Somehow these uncontroversial, widely held beliefs about natural immunity were completely abandoned in early 2020.
That trend accelerated in late 2020 when the first mRNA vaccines were released.
Suddenly, The Experts™ and their allies in the media became united in their advocacy: everyone should be vaccinated, and vaccinations are superior to natural immunity.
That relentless salesmanship has persisted into 2022, as updated boosters were released.
Of course, like the original vaccination series, estimates of effectiveness were also wildly overstated.
But we now have new research which has put yet another dent in the agenda of the pandemic trifecta – Fauci/CDC/Media.
A recent study attempting to determine the effectiveness of the bivalent, Omicron specific vaccination doses, found several surprising results.
And for those making the case for vaccination over natural immunity, they are not good.