https://www.factcheck.org/2021/09/scicheck-instagram-post-missing-context-about-israeli-study-on-covid-19-natural-immunity/
An Instagram post highlighted a headline about a non-peer-reviewed study from Israel that found that unvaccinated people previously infected with SARS-CoV-2 had greater immunity against the delta variant than never-infected people fully vaccinated with Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine. But the social media post omitted the study’s other finding that one dose of the vaccine enhanced protection for infection survivors. According to its authors, a study <https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1> conducted in Israel demonstrated that natural immunity from a prior infection with SARS-CoV-2 provided “longer lasting and stronger protection” against the highly transmissible delta variant than vaccine-induced immunity from two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. <https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/SciCHECKsquare_4-e1430162915812.png>Some social media users are highlighting that finding — which is far from conclusive — while ignoring that the study also said that previously infected individuals can still benefit from vaccination. The texastruther Instagram account, for example, posted <https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/texastruther_ig_post.png> a screen capture of an Aug. 27 Gateway Pundit headline <http://web.archive.org/web/20210829204937/https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/08/new-israeli-study-finds-fully-vaccinated-people-greater-risk-hospitalization-13-times-likely-catch-covid-19-recovered-natural-immunity/> that says, “New Israeli Study Finds Fully Vaccinated People are at ‘Greater Risk of Hospitalization’ and 13 TIMES MORE LIKELY to Catch Covid-19 Than Those Who Have Recovered and Have Natural Immunity.” What was not mentioned in the Instagram post — which received more than 4,600 likes on the platform — is that the study found even greater immunity against the delta variant for people who got a single shot of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and had an infection with the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. On Mon, Oct 25, 2021 at 1:37 PM Max <[email protected]> wrote: > The largest population-based study comparing the > unvaccinated/naturally immune to the vaccinated found that vaccinated > people were 6 to 13 times more likely to get infected, 27 times more > likely to get symptomatic infections, and 8 times more likely to be > hospitalized > https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1449540279992651780.html > https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v1.full.pdf > > > -- > The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. > Rules and Instructions: http://www.silverlist.org > > Unsubscribe: > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > Archives: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.html > > Off-Topic discussions: <mailto:[email protected]> > List Owner: Mike Devour <mailto:[email protected]> > > >
