(Headline USA) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention admitted this week that prior infection protected people against the Delta variant better than vaccination.
New research published by the agency on Wednesday revealed that though vaccination supposedly kept infected people out of the hospital, it did not protect them from catching the Delta variant. In fact, the study found that people who had been infected with the coronavirus previously were better protected against reinfections during the Delta wave than those who’d never been infected but had been vaccinated.
As several critics have pointed out, public health officials insisted for months that the opposite was true:
We were told the opposite constantly.
More Covid truths coming out. https://t.co/Y5zKSAbiKX
— Michael Brendan Dougherty (@michaelbd) January 19, 2022
Wow:
In the CDC study of California, the percent of hospitalization among previously-infected was the same whether vaccinated or not, and both were better than among vaccinated without prior infection.
Adding jab atop a prior infection didn’t help on hospitalization!
HELLO??? https://t.co/dBnDmCOkQz
— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) January 20, 2022
Even now, the CDC refuses to consider prior infection as an adequate replacement for vaccination against COVID-19, though many other countries do.
The CDC starts to acknowledge reality, one piece at a time. What excuse is there now to not consider prior infection in vaccine mandates? https://t.co/kiTEOwY6dT
— Jay Bhattacharya (@DrJBhattacharya) January 19, 2022
A recent Israeli study confirmed that the COVID-19 vaccines are far less effective than experts have made them out to be. Even booster shots provide limited protection against the transmission of the Omicron variant, the study said.
“Despite increased antibody levels, the fourth vaccine only offers a partial defense against the virus,” said Dr. Gili Regev–Yochay, director of Sheba Hospital’s infection disease unit. “The vaccines, which were more effective against previous variants, offer less protection versus omicron.”
