Previous COVID-19 Infection Protects Against Delta Variant Better Than Pfizer Vaccine: Study

Previous COVID-19 Infection Protects Against Delta Variant Better Than Pfizer Vaccine: Study
An Israeli health worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer–BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine, at the Maccabi Health Service in the Israeli town of Rishon Lezion, on Aug. 13, 2021. Ahmad Gharabli/AFP via Getty Images
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People who have previously recovered from COVID-19 have been observed to have better protection against the Delta variant of the CCP virus compared to those who received the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, according to a study from Israel.

“This analysis demonstrated that natural immunity affords longer-lasting and stronger protection against infection, symptomatic disease, and hospitalization due to the Delta variant,” researchers from Maccabi Healthcare and Tel Aviv University said.