About a quarter of the US population has never had COVID.

Immunity from both having the disease and vaccination lasts somewhere between 3 to 18 months. [1][2] Study results differ, but most are in that range.

This disease changes fast enough that the vaccine will probably have to change at least annually, like flu vaccines. We'll see how the winter goes.

[1] https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/how-long-do-covid-...

[2] https://www.cnn.com/2023/02/16/health/covid-19-infection-imm...

I never tested positive for COVID in the entire 3.5 years of this crap ... until last month. I have had 4 rounds of the vaccine and didn't ever get it in prior winters even when it was in my house (daughter had it before) -- but didn't get my booster in time this fall to do anything about the rather insane wave making its way through the population right now (thanks Doug Ford, you incompetent buffoon). And so I got it, and so did everyone else in our house

And it was rather brutal-awful. Enough so that I felt the need to get on anti-virals. 3 weeks later and I'd say I'm only really recovered right now.

Point being, it seems the vaccinations unfortunately need repeated application, and what's making the rounds right now is nothing to scoff at. For some people, it's mild. For others, pretty awful.

I wasn't vaccinated (waiting on novax) and the first time I got omicron and it was awful. But I was recovered in a week. By the time novavax was released I had natural immunity. Got it next year too and it was gone in 2 days, I only knew I had it since I lost my smell.

People that got infected once got it really bad the first time and subsequently recovered quickly. Hope that's the case with you too.

> (thanks Doug Ford, you incompetent buffoon)

I don't understand, why are you blaming a politician for a virus?

A month late getting booster shots into pharmacies and blatantly corrupt games played with sole sourcing the contract to a single pharmacy chain, which itself caused a pile of doses to expire and be thrown out.

A politician was responsible for that? I thought vaccines (in the US at least) are procured by the pharmacies and paid for by the recipients.

This isn't the US.