Vaccination provides better protection than previous infection

Vaccination provides better protection than previous infection

 

Vaccination protects people against coronavirus infection much better than a previous infection does, a team of researchers led by the CDC reported last week.   They said their findings should help settle debates about whether people who have been infected should bother getting vaccinated. They should, the researchers said.   People who had not been vaccinated and who ended up in the hospital were five times more likely to have Covid-19 than people who had been vaccinated within the past three to six months, the researchers found.   "We now have additional evidence that reaffirms the importance of COVID-19 vaccines, even if you have had prior infection," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement.