Should I Get The COVID-19 Vaccine If I've Already Been Infected?
Spencer Lee23 Mar 2021
Reviewed and Fact Checked ✔️Quick Digest
- Being sick with COVID-19 confers some natural immunity in the form of antibodies. Regardless, scientists do not know how long this immunity lasts or how effective this immunity is.
- It is critical that previously infected individuals still acquire the COVID-19 vaccine for their own protection and the protection of those around them.
- Even though you may have already been sick with the coronavirus, re-infection is possible. Due to the severe consequences of being sick with the virus — for yourself, those around you, and on our healthcare system — vaccinations are critical to helping end the pandemic.
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Spencer is a Public Health & Biology undergraduate student at New York University.
TopicCOVID-19