I'm sure this question has been asked over the previous 137 pages, but I'm going to ask. This is a real world example of mid 30's guy in my office who will not get the vax.
We all know hundreds of people who have had Covid and ranged from asymptomatic to flu like symptoms, i.e. not requiring hospitalization.
Has a study been done on people like that getting Covid for the second time and what are the odds that the second time required hospitalization or worse?
I'm not talking about antibodies remaining from the first case. More about people who had Alpha, their bodies handled it just "fine." My gut tells me those people probably have nothing to worry about (from a hospitalization standpoint) if they get Delta the 2nd time. They've already had a test run and their bodies handled it just fine. Will the second time be any different? Has there been a study showing something different?
Obviously not everyone is motivated by the "greater good" to get the vaccination. I never had Covid to my knowledge. I got the vaccine for a number of family reasons but the selfish part was because I'm 44 and its possible that a 44 year old can die from this. I have no idea how my body would react to Covid. Would I be the freak case of a healthy guy that died?
But lots of people do know how their body reacts to Covid. Like the guy I work with. He had it and it wasn't bad. He's not worried about the greater good. So what's his motivation to get it, outside of punitive rules and laws?
Strictly looking at his personal health, is he just as unlikely to avoid hospitalization and death as a vaccinated person? Are there studies that show the 2nd time can be worse for someone like him?
Because if not, its a hard sell. For a lot of people, we say "the vaccine doesn't stop you from getting Covid, but it greatly reduces hospitalizations and deaths." Does a guy like this have an argument that he's already at that stage?