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24 COVID-19 Trump’s Time

CDC Study:

COVID

Infection

Offers

Protection

Similar to

Vaccines

A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention found that 80% of Americans 16 and older have at
least some immunity to COVID-19 and that prior infection
provides similar immunity as vaccination.

By Jack Gournell

The study, led by the CDC's Dr. to 83.3%. Most of those were from
Jefferson Jones, aimed to see how vaccinated people.
close the United States might be to

herd immunity, though it did not Those numbers predate the delta
claim to be close to knowing yet, variant, the researchers noted. They
CNN reported. also said they didn't measure other
factors, such as T-cells, and one that
The team worked with blood might cause broader immunity.
collection organizations in every
state as well as Washington, D.C., "Several large studies have shown
and Puerto Rico, testing the blood of that among individuals who are
74% of the population. seropositive from prior SARS-CoV-2
infection, COVID-19 incidence is
In July 2020, 3.5% of samples reduced by 80% to 95%, similar to

carried antibodies to the virus that vaccine efficacy estimates," they
causes COVID-19. The number said.
increased to 11.5% by December.
With no vaccine available, all those "The study will continue until at least
antibodies were from infections. December 2021, and results will be
made available on the CDC's
By May 2021, the number had risen website," they wrote.