Citing very preliminary data, the Ministry of Health of Israel says that those who recovered from COVID-19 may be better protected from reinfection than those who received the vaccine.
According to the Times of Israel, between May 1 and 12, 72 people who previously had COVID were infected again, accounting for 1 percent of confirmed new cases, while 3,000 who were vaccinated have been infected — 40% of confirmed new cases.
Some experts conclude that those who had COVID are relatively safe from reinfection. But other health officials counter that the data does not take into account that new outbreaks did not spread in areas that previously saw massive outbreaks during the pandemic, such as in the ultra-Orthodox community.
The Times of Israel mentions that jumping to study-based conclusions is unreasonable at this point. However, it also says that natural immunity protects from reinfection six times better than developed by the vaccine.
The aforemantioned opinion contradicts that of Dr. Anthony Fauci, the Chief Medical Adviser on COVID-19 for President Biden and America's top infectious disease expert, who said that natural immunity is weaker than vaccine-developed.
