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With a growing number of COVID-19 survivors believing that natural immunity will keep them safe, Windsor Regional Hospital urges people to get vaccinated even if they have already been infected.
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“Real-world data has clearly shown that people who have had a natural infection are prone to reinfecting and potentially dying from their disease,” Wassim Saad, the hospital’s chief of staff, said Wednesday during a board meeting. . “And its rate of transmission and infectivity is the same as someone who has not been vaccinated. So it doesn’t really help at the population level, even if you think you are individually protected, you really are not. And you are not protecting anyone else around you. “
The hospital’s chief executive, David Musyj, said it is becoming a growing problem as more unvaccinated people become infected.
“It seems that both on social media and in public debate, people infected with COVID who do not want to be vaccinated are becoming a bigger voice because they are populating a large portion of the unvaccinated,” Musyj said.
Saad said the problem also arose with some members of the hospital’s professional staff when the organization’s vaccination mandate went into effect.
“The vast majority ended up getting vaccinated after hearing the evidence we presented to them,” he said. “The important thing is to standardize the response in all areas. Even if someone comes up with antibody levels, we just don’t know what they mean. I cannot tell you, no one can tell you if you are going to be protected for six months, nine months, a year with the COVID infection. “
Reference-windsorstar.com