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It's pretty egregious that there is no mention of accommodation for individuals who have already acquired effective immunity through previous infection. Other countries are well ahead of the U.S in this regard.

These mandates appear to completely neglect entire aspects of scientific consensus.

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Vaccination still reduces infectivity even for those who've had COVID.

https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/70/wr/mm7032e1.htm?s_cid=mm...

Vaccine antibodies bind more broadly to cover new variants, vs. antibodies from previous infection.

https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/scitranslmed.abi9915

So why is "accommodation" necessary?

Natural immunity, or any discussion of our immune system doing its job, is a right wing talking point.

- Acquired immunity fades with time

- You aren't required to get the vaccine, you can undergo weekly testing instead

Natural immunity is stronger than artificial immunity https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v...

Even if that were true, and it's not clear that it is, the side effects of infection are far, far worse than whatever side effects the vaccine might have.

Already refuted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28480736

Unlike yours, the study linked last in that comment has been peer reviewed.

So far vaccine immunity fades with time as well. The Pfizer Gang have experienced that already at 6mo or so, but Moderna protection has faded much more slowly.

I'd rather get the vaccine multiple times than to be infected multiple times. I don't understand why this is controversial.

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