Thread by @EricTopol

My new essay @guardian
"Why one-shot after a Covid-19 infection should suffice to be considered fully-vaxxed"
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Summarizes extensive new evidence that confirmed Prior Covid ("Natural Immunity" or NI) + 1-shot is as protective as 3-shots /1

These 6 new reports (5 in the last week) all demonstrate that NI + 1-shot provides a consistent high level of added protection from reinfection, across multiple variants, which is not ameliorated by additional shots /2

I've reviewed considerable other new data here, such as the J&J vaccine randomized, placebo-controlled trial report last wk @NEJM which showed NI had superior protection vs moderate-to-severe Covid than 1-shot of the vaccine (90% vs 56%, respectively)
erictopol.substack.com/p/ground-truth… /3

Yes, there are definite limitations of NI as emphasized in both the @guardian and @substack essays, such as survivorship bias, its unpredictability, and lack of protection from #LongCovid
It would be *reckless* to recommend NI; the data are referring to people who had it /4

The totality of evidence now supports:
"Fully vaccinated" = 3-shots
or
Natural Immunity + 1-shot
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