<story><title>Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines</title><url>https://www.axios.com/google-office-mandate-vaccines-covid-b29a4993-9bdd-4c15-8b8a-e94fe4240878.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Panther34543</author><text>Ugg, why doesn&amp;#x27;t anybody, whether it be government officials, employers, whatever, ever consider those with natural immunity?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like some weird joke. The official CDC estimates over 115 MILLION natural infections in the U.S. alone, &lt;i&gt;and that only accounts for February 2020-March 2021&lt;/i&gt;. It doesn&amp;#x27;t account for all the infections before February 2020 (I and most of my coworkers in downtown SF got it in January) nor any of the infections of the last 4 months, so that number should probably be at 130-140 million or more.&lt;p&gt;Yet, for some unknown reason, natural infection is NEVER talked about anywhere. Why? There&amp;#x27;s an absolute ton of natural immunity that isn&amp;#x27;t being talked about or considered and it&amp;#x27;s very, very, strange. Many people have no intention of taking the vaccine because they prefer natural immunity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>_djo_</author><text>Natural immunity is not as well understood as vaccine response and longevity for COVID-19. There&amp;#x27;s also increasing evidence that newer variants like Delta present a significant reinfection risk for those who were infected with the wildtype or even Alpha six or more months before.</text></comment>
<story><title>Google Offices to Mandate Vaccines</title><url>https://www.axios.com/google-office-mandate-vaccines-covid-b29a4993-9bdd-4c15-8b8a-e94fe4240878.html</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>Panther34543</author><text>Ugg, why doesn&amp;#x27;t anybody, whether it be government officials, employers, whatever, ever consider those with natural immunity?&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s like some weird joke. The official CDC estimates over 115 MILLION natural infections in the U.S. alone, &lt;i&gt;and that only accounts for February 2020-March 2021&lt;/i&gt;. It doesn&amp;#x27;t account for all the infections before February 2020 (I and most of my coworkers in downtown SF got it in January) nor any of the infections of the last 4 months, so that number should probably be at 130-140 million or more.&lt;p&gt;Yet, for some unknown reason, natural infection is NEVER talked about anywhere. Why? There&amp;#x27;s an absolute ton of natural immunity that isn&amp;#x27;t being talked about or considered and it&amp;#x27;s very, very, strange. Many people have no intention of taking the vaccine because they prefer natural immunity.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>thisiscorrect</author><text>Apparently 67.6% of India has SARS-CoV-2 antibodies [1]. This can&amp;#x27;t be attributed to vaccination since nowhere near that percentage of India has had a vaccine for it.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;india&amp;#x2F;india-covid-antibodies-study-intl-hnk&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.cnn.com&amp;#x2F;2021&amp;#x2F;07&amp;#x2F;22&amp;#x2F;india&amp;#x2F;india-covid-antibodies-...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>