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A Cleveland Clinic study released Wednesday contained great news. For those who have had COVID-19 and recovered, they are not getting sick from it again. The reinfection rate is very low, in line with that from the various vaccines being offered.
Marquette County Public Health Medical Officer Dr. Robert Lorinser says that there’s a lot more to the equation than just the presence of antibodies, which is how the issue was being tracked previously.
Combining those previously infected with vaccination rates and seasonality help to explain why the number of COVID infections has plummeted in recent months. Lorinser says that the UP did not see the same spring spike experienced in other parts of Michigan because we had a higher base of naturally immune residents.
It also means that the American population as a whole is more protected than what vaccination rates suggest. Whether the immunity lasts for a lifetime or not is the next question to be answered on the subject. Pharmaceutical companies have floated the possibility of booster shots as often as once a year to help protect against adaptations of COVID-19.
