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Small Bites, Edition 4 (May 30, 2021)

I'm sitting here, at this moment, reading news headlines. Nearly 1/3 of Americans have been vaccinated against COVID-19.  Dr. Marty Makary, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, believes nearly half of all Americans have developed natural immunity to COVID-19.  Now some of those who had the virus also got vaccinated, so there is overlap that does not allow us to calculate the actual number of immune individuals in our country.  I believe I had COVID before they had a test, or even knew the disease existed.  With recent news of three researchers being hospitalized with COVID symptoms prior to the Chinese deciding to report on the virus, it is even more likely my belief is correct.  A recent study has found that even asymptomatic and those with mild symptoms have the same level of immunity as those vaccinated, and the studies propose that people who have been infected could continue to make antibodies or the rest of their life.  I am choosing not to get vaccinated.  That is my choice, an