AndyinPA wrote: ↑Fri Sep 03, 2021 4:39 pm
I think it depends on how long after Covid you are tested, but the antibodies don't necessarily last long. A friend (vaccinated) friend who recently got it was told that she can't count on the antibodies longer than 60 days. Then, about a month later, she will get vaccinated again.
The first problem is 'do you believe the person telling you that they had COVID-19 did, in fact, have COVID=19?'. Because in the case of my neighbour, I do not believe that she had COVID-19, but had whatever flu bug was going around at the time. She never got tested at the time, so although she has a 'sincerely held belief', she doesn't have proof that she ever had COVID-19.
What we DO know, is that she had her blood tested about 2 months ago, and was found to have no antibodies. This could have been because the antibodies may have disappeared, or more likely, she never had any in the first place.
Either way, my experience has been that even if they themselves have been vaccinated, the people around me wear masks because they don't trust the unmasked people. Period.