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noun

immunity that is present without prior immunization.

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Also called native immunity.

Words nearby natural immunity

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How to use natural immunity in a sentence

Because no one knows how long natural immunity lasts, vaccination is crucial, Murphy said.
Why you shouldn’t get a covid antibody test after your vaccine|Lindsey Bever|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Requiring such proof to travel internationally could encourage people to game the vaccine-prioritization system or, more dangerously, try to get sick to gain natural immunity.
We May Never Eliminate COVID-19. But We Can Learn to Live With It|Jamie Ducharme|February 4, 2021|Time
Earlier in the pandemic, experts thought such herd immunity could be achieved after 70 to 75 percent of people were vaccinated or had developed natural immunity from previous coronavirus infections.
Many who have received the coronavirus vaccine wonder: What can I safely do?|Laurie McGinley, Lenny Bernstein|February 1, 2021|Washington Post
Early in the pandemic, scientists estimated that around 70 percent of people would need to be vaccinated or have developed natural immunity to reach the threshold at which the virus would not freely circulate.
Coronavirus mutations add urgency to vaccination effort as experts warn of long battle ahead|Joel Achenbach, Ariana Eunjung Cha|January 30, 2021|Washington Post

Either way, it means natural immunity provides a similar level of protection as the approved Covid-19 vaccines.
Natural immunity after Covid-19 could last at least 5 months|Julia Belluz|January 15, 2021|Vox
This natural immunity showed scientists where and how to look for an effective vaccine.
Why Can't We Find an AIDS Vaccine?|Kent Sepkowitz|September 15, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Our closest imitation of natural immunity is vaccination against small-pox.
The Treatment of Hay Fever|George Frederick Laidlaw
If a person keeps his body in good physical condition and lives carefully, he will do much toward acquiring this natural immunity.
A Civic Biology|George William Hunter
In any case, the object is to induce an artificial immunity as nearly as possible like the natural immunity of the healthy body.
Major Prophets of To-Day|Edwin E. Slosson
This natural immunity can be heightened when it exists, or an artificial immunity can be produced in various ways.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 1|Various
In natural immunity, it plays the principal part by digesting morbid agents inside the phagocytes like any other food.
Life of Elie Metchnikoff, 1845-1916|Olga Metchnikoff

British Dictionary definitions for natural immunity

natural immunity

noun

immunity with which an individual is born, which has a genetic basis

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