@EvilSandmich @justnormalkorean Yes, getting sick with the flu did increase immunity to COVID.
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TL;DR - It's not HIV, but it's nothing good either.
T-Cell exhaustion... I hate academia so much sometimes.
It's not that.
What is happening here was predicted very early on, and is the cause for the rapid drop in the vaccine's immunity over time.
The immune system learns patterns, which is how we can treat (and induce) allergic reactions.
If your immune system is getting the same signal all the time, it will eventually learn to ignore it.
This is what's happening.
The cells affected by the mRNA vaccine NEVER STOP producing the spike protein!
Teaching the immune system to ignore infections that fit the same profile.
Eventually immunity drops into the negative.
As your immune system ignores feedback from real infections, it takes it longer to get into gear, so to speak.
So technically this is AIDS, it is an Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
But it's limited to certain diseases.
Unfortunately those include the flu, which becomes a serious problem if you have any other issues going on at the same time.
More info:
If you get sick normally, you're practically immune for 3 years, immunity starts upwards of 90% and gradually drops to around 70% after 3 years.
(This data is specific for COVID-19, and these are ballpark numbers I remember from some professor's lecture on the topic, so don't quote me on this)
Immunity means: if you get infected, you will not suffer any symptoms.
So 50% immunity means you have a 50% chance* of not developing symptoms from the virus.
*The chances are relative to a control group (reasonably healthy average person who never got exposed to the virus before), so they can go into the negative.
100% - you will not get symptoms.
10% - Vaccine considered ineffective, since placebo and chicken soup can easily reach this level.
0% - You took no measures at all, and may or may not develop symptoms, same as most people.
Any negative value - You are more likely than the average person to get symptoms.
-100% - you will definitely get symptoms.
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