Does having covid give same boost as vaccine?

[Tailfeather]

Does anyone know the answer to this? I have a suppressed immune system and am due my covid booster, but I had covid 3 weeks ago. In some countries you don't have the vaccine if you've had covid in the last few months. Is that because you have some natural immunity? Here they say to have the jab regardless of whether or not you've had covid, but I really don't want more vaccines if I have natural antibodies that will be protecting me anyway. Thanks!

@Tailfeather

My understanding is that it’s difficult to assess whether your natural immunity will give you only a short or weak immune response from having had the infection. Because the vaccine is a controlled dose it should give you more guaranteed longer lasting protection.

Covid is more manageable now (in terms of hospitalisations and deaths) because - as a population - we have developed hybrid immunity. That’s a combination of natural and vaccine controlled immunity.

I’m not an expert - so please check with your GP and be wary of the ‘advice’ from some posters on these threads.

Personally I would leave it a couple of months to get the booster. You should have developed some immunity from just having had covid but it may be short lived. Then you can boost your immunity again by getting the booster.

I heard an expert on the radio a couple of months ago talking about the winter vaccine campaign and he said best immunity from booster is in first 3 months and then it starts to reduce so I just think it makes sense to spread it out for best protection from serious illness

Not evidence based! But I had Covid in August and would normally have had my jab in late September (healthcare). I left it and finally had it on Saturday at a pharmacy. No side effects at all this time.

A few studies have found that hybrid immunity, immunity from both a covid infection and the vaccine, can last about 8 months, from COVID or vaccine alone it can be as little as 3 weeks.

3 weeks is too little time even between a vaccine and its booster! Let the body recover from Covid first, there's no point in adding another stress so soon.
Consider this, keeping in mind that Covid is harsher on the body than any vaccine:
https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/downloads/covid-19-immunization-schedule-ages-6months-older.pdf

No. The purpose of the vaccine is to stop you getting covid.

So where's the logic in getting covid to stop you getting covid?

🤣 Not on purpose!! I got covid (accidentally) a few weeks ago and am now due my vaccine, but in some countries you don't have the jab if you've had the infection, and I was wondering if that's because the natural antibodies are sufficient.

Thank you all for replying.

I read that you have 25% more immunity with a booster on top of having covid . I had the jab a month after having covid .