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I've had it, so surely I'm immune

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dustyknickers · 02/01/2021 13:30

Just that really, if I've had it and we are told you cant get it again then surely I'm immune and don't need the vaccine, this would then take a lot of people out of the equation and leave the vaccine for people who really need it. My daughter had covid the first time round, wasn't tested but subsequently had an antibody test which showed she had had it. She works front line, is constantly in contact with covid patients, is tested regularly and has never been positive again, so she must still be immune.

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dementedpixie · 02/01/2021 13:34

We don't know how long immunity lasts and you arent immune forever. There have been some cases of reinfection too

TammyHullfigure · 02/01/2021 13:36

I wonder why anyone studies science, we can just go on anecdotes and experience.

BlueBaubles12 · 02/01/2021 13:36

There’s no guarantee that you’re immune of if you are, for how long. Also, I understand that the immunity conferred by a vaccine is different to that conferred by having the illness (although very happy to be corrected on that).

Personally, I’d still be having it even if I’d already had Covid.

Dontrainonmyparade · 02/01/2021 13:37

Interested in who said you can’t get it again? As I thought it was well known now that the antibodies wear off, and people have had it more than once?

HairyFloppins · 02/01/2021 13:37

I’ve had it and I fully believe I will get it again. Loads on here have had it twice.

Porcupineintherough · 02/01/2021 13:39

I've just had it for the second time, albeit mildly. 9 monthscapart. So I wouldnt go counting your chickens.

Twylar · 02/01/2021 13:50

Immunity is considered to last for between 8 and 12 weeks after covid positive. As per respiratory consultant advice.

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dustyknickers · 02/01/2021 13:51

I was very ill with it, hospitalized for 2 weeks, had bilateral pneumonia, am still recovering. I guess I was hoping on 2 counts that you cant get it again,

Because I'm not sure I can go through that again and 2. Because I have a relative who is CEV and I was hoping if people like me were taken out of the equation he might get his vaccination sooner.

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Flaxmeadow · 02/01/2021 13:53

Unfortunately there are no guarantees.

Back in the spring only a tiny amount of people were tested. So only a tiny amount of absolute proof of who had it back then. If immunity lasts as little as "6 months", as some scientists have predicted, then we will only just be beginning to see that evidence.

Mass testing is only a few months old, so if it gives "6 months", or thereabouts, of immunity then it will be a while yet until we know how true that is. If it can be caught twice by large amounts of people then that would start to show in around February/March, because we would be seeing those who had been tested in September/October 2020, when many were just beginning to be tested

yankeedoodledandee · 02/01/2021 13:53

She works front line, is constantly in contact with covid patients, is tested regularly and has never been positive again, so she must still be immune.

Not catching covid again don't mean she must be immune. It means she hasn't caught Covid again. That's all.

yankeedoodledandee · 02/01/2021 13:54

I have a relative who is CEV and I was hoping if people like me were taken out of the equation he might get his vaccination sooner.

CEV people are getting the vaccine sooner.

MistletoeandGin · 02/01/2021 13:57

Because I have a relative who is CEV and I was hoping if people like me were taken out of the equation he might get his vaccination sooner

Surely he’s ahead of you in the vaccination schedule anyway?

Bubblemonkey · 02/01/2021 13:59

Someone I work with was In icu at the start of this shitshow.. tested negative multiple times... to be reinfected in October...

LittleSpyintheSky · 02/01/2021 14:00

Dustyknickers - it would be wonderful to let go of the fear, wouldn't it?

I also read somewhere on here that you can't have the vaccination within 4 months of a positive test (not that I think I'll be anywhere near the top of the pile for it within that time period) . Everything is so confusing!

NotAnotherUserNumber · 02/01/2021 14:01

@yankeedoodledandee

I have a relative who is CEV and I was hoping if people like me were taken out of the equation he might get his vaccination sooner.

CEV people are getting the vaccine sooner.

People who are over 75 and certain key workers have vaccine priority over CEV people.

CEV people are in vaccine priority group 4.

yankeedoodledandee · 02/01/2021 14:03

People who are over 75 and certain key workers have vaccine priority over CEV people.

Yes, I know. Perhaps OP is in those categories. I assumed not based on the DD being mentioned as a frontline worker, not OP. Perhaps OP is over 75? I don't know.

LindaEllen · 02/01/2021 14:06

@HairyFloppins

I’ve had it and I fully believe I will get it again. Loads on here have had it twice.

Have they? Show me one where they've been infected and tested positive twice (rather than two positives from the same infection).

miimblemomble · 02/01/2021 14:12

No one knows yet.

I have a friend who's a nurse, who caught it back in early March. She has subsequently had regular 2-weekly antibody tests done in a lab. Her results have shown that she had a fairly high level of antibodies after she recovered, but they have declined steadily over the last 9 months, and are practically zero now. She's regularly exposed to Covid (works in a nursing home). So she'll be back in line for a vaccination when it's on offer.

warmandtoasty2day · 02/01/2021 14:15

i would still be masking wering, social distancing etc even if i had covid, i wouldn't trust so called immunity as i'm cv as is dh.

Porcupineintherough · 02/01/2021 14:15

@LindaEllen right here.

Got sick end March, sent to COVID recovery clinic w suspected long COVID in July. Tested positive with low levels of antibodies in July, all gone by September. Between July and December had 4 negative COVID tests (flare up in long COVID symptoms had Zoe app keep sending me for tests).

19th Dec got cold like symptoms and a continuous cough (thanks ds1). Tested positive for coronavirus by pcr. Merry Christmas!

Iamsodonewith2020 · 02/01/2021 14:20

I had it in March, tested for antibodies in July and just tested positive again on Christmas Eve. For me, the vaccine isn’t going to be the wonder drug we are hoping.

PuzzledObserver · 02/01/2021 14:23

I also read somewhere on here that you can't have the vaccination within 4 months of a positive test

I think it’s four weeks. That’s what it said on the form my sister had to fill in for hers (nurse)

Porcupineintherough · 02/01/2021 14:23

Sorry that should read "tested positive for low levels of antibodies in July" - I hadnt had a positive pcr til Dec.

PinkTonic · 02/01/2021 14:26

Have they? Show me one where they've been infected and tested positive twice (rather than two positives from the same infection).

My son tested positive for antibodies a few months ago, became unwell the day before Christmas Eve and he and his flatmate tested positive for the virus.

herecomesthsun · 02/01/2021 14:26

@TammyHullfigure

I wonder why anyone studies science, we can just go on anecdotes and experience.

It seems to be how this Government decide their policy, for example, mixing up different vaccine schedules directly against Pfizer's advice?

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