Published December 20, 2021 in flipboard.com
Scientists around the world are scrambling to assess Omicron’s ability to avoid existing vaccines and natural immunity. Many questions have come up about natural immunity and whether it’s enough to protect those who have it from COVID-19, instead of a vaccine. Here to clear up the difference between natural immunity, and vaccine-mediated immunity, is Dr. Theodore Bailey, Chief of GBMC’s Division of Infectious Disease.