[hwbehrens]

While I mostly agree, there have been a few rare cases of reinfection; here [0] is a metastudy that looks at several claims of reinfection, ultimately concluding that 6 cases were credible reinfections. So while the relative risk is very low, I think one could make a plausible argument that since the risk of harmful side effects is also low, getting vaccinated may be beneficial.

There is also preliminary evidence [1] to indicate that post-infection vaccination can help to resolve lingering symptoms such as fatigue, breathlessness, and insomnia.

[0]: https://www.journalofinfection.com/article/S0163-4453(20)305...

[1]: https://europepmc.org/article/ppr/ppr296506

[lolinder]

6 cases of reinfection out of millions of cases of covid still has contracting covid granting much better immunity than the vaccine.

[jbd28]

6? lol. The number is 70 with 36,000+ suspected. https://bnonews.com/index.php/2020/08/covid-19-reinfection-t...

Vaccine-based immunity allows for a greater variance in neutralizing antibodies to form relative to the spike protein, compared to natural immunity attacking less critical vectors. Get the vaccine even if you had covid

[scrollaway]

Infection is possible with all vaccines as well. Resulting viral load will be what matters: How strong their immune response is, how infectious the re-infected patient is, and how severe their symptoms are.

It's not a binary "You have COVID" vs "You don't have COVID". Not for vaccines, nor for re-infections.

[PhantomGremlin]

there have been a few rare cases of reinfection

I don't think the word "rare" applies any longer. Reinfection is becoming more common. Here is some info CDC released a few days ago: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/21/health/vaccine-nursing-ho...

An unvaccinated health care worker set off a Covid-19 outbreak at a nursing home in Kentucky where the vast majority of residents had been vaccinated, leading to dozens of infections, including 22 cases among residents and employees who were already fully vaccinated, a new study reported Wednesday.

[hammock]

That's not reinfection (later infection of recovered covid patients). That's infection among vaccinated people.