Immunity Generated from Covid-19 Vaccines Differs from an Infection
The spike protein targeting antibodies produced by the vaccine do indeed target a wider range of spike mutations than the spike protein antibodies from previous infection. However, vaccines only target spike protein, while a previous infection will cause your body to produce antibodies for a much larger set of targets on the virus, which in practice leads to a more robust immunity. This is supported by data from Israel and some recent studies.https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/309762https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/310963https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.08.24.21262415v...