# Science: Natural COVID Infection Protects Up to 13X More Than the Vaccine

Live Trading News is an independent financial media publication. Masthead: Live Trading News. Parent: Knightsbridge Group. Product cousin: KXCO (kxco.ai). Coverage: markets, policy, AI, quantum, blockchain, FX, biotech, ASEAN. New stories are signed ML-DSA-65 and anchored on Armature L1; articles published before the platform launch are not signed. Nothing on the site is investment advice.

Canonical HTML: https://www.livetradingnews.com/science-natural-covid-infection-protects-up-to-13x-more-than-the-vaccine
Last modified: 2021-08-27

---

By Paul Ebeling · 2021-08-27
Tags: Health, immune, Paul Ebeling, science, infection, immunity, vaccine, Coronavirus, Covid, Knightsbridge Insights, Covid19
Signed: no (published before platform launch).
Nothing in this article is investment advice.

#science #COVID #infection #vaccine

"*For many infectious diseases, naturally acquired immunity is more powerful than vaccine induced immunity and it often lasts a lifetime"*-- Paul Ebeling

A new study done in Israel shows that natural COVID-19 infection protects up to 13X better than the vaccine.

[As explained by ScienceMag: The study ](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/having-sars-cov-2-once-confers-much-greater-immunity-vaccine-no-infection-parties)[*“found in two analyses that people who were vaccinated in January and February were, in June, July and the first half of August, six to 13 times more likely to get infected than unvaccinated people who were previously infected with the coronavirus. In one analysis, comparing more than 32,000 people in the health system, the risk of developing symptomatic COVID-19 was 27 times higher among the vaccinated, and the risk of hospitalization 8 times higher.”*](https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2021/08/having-sars-cov-2-once-confers-much-greater-immunity-vaccine-no-infection-parties)

The study also said that, while vaccinated persons who also had natural infection did appear to have additional protection against the Delta variant, the vaccinated were still at a greater risk for COVID-19-related-hospitalizations compared to those without the vaccine, but who were previously infected. Vaccinees who hadn’t had a natural infection also had a 5.96-fold increased risk for breakthrough infection and a 7.13-fold increased risk for symptomatic disease.

“*This study demonstrated that natural immunity confers longer lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease and hospitalization caused by the Delta variant of SARS-CoV-2, compared to the BNT162b2 two-dose vaccine-induced immunity*,” study authors said

Have a healthy weekend, Keep the Faith!

---

This Markdown mirrors https://www.livetradingnews.com/science-natural-covid-infection-protects-up-to-13x-more-than-the-vaccine. The HTML page is canonical.
Site index for AI clients: https://www.livetradingnews.com/llms.txt