Harvard Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff: Hospitals Should Hire Nurses with Natural Immunity, Not Fire Them

<p>“Since the Athenian plague in 430 B.C. … we have known about&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-natural-immunity" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 140, 255);">natural immunity</a>. So it’s strange that suddenly people are questioning that,” says Dr. Martin Kulldorff.</p><p></p><p>Nurses and caregivers who have recovered from a COVID-19 infection have “stronger, longer-lasting immunity” than vaccinated individuals who have not been infected before, Dr. Kulldorff says, making these nurses and caregivers actually the “least likely to infect the residents.”</p><p></p><p>Instead of firing them if they refuse to take the vaccine, hospitals and nursing homes should do the exact opposite: They should actively hire people with natural immunity and assign these individuals to the wards with especially vulnerable patients, he argues.</p><p></p><p>Dr. Kulldorff is a professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a biostatistician and epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He is also one of the co-authors of the&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/t-great-barrington-declaration" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 140, 255);">Great Barrington Declaration</a>. We discuss the efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccines, the politicization of science, and the Biden administration’s recent push to mandate vaccines for children.</p><p></p><p>Watch Jan’s previous interview with&nbsp;<a href="https://www.theepochtimes.com/harvard-epidemiologist-martin-kulldorff-on-vaccine-passports-the-delta-variant-and-the-covid-public-health-fiasco_3942556.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(33, 140, 255);">Harvard Epidemiologist Martin Kulldorff on Vaccine Passports, the Delta Variant, and the COVID ‘Public Health Fiasco’</a>.</p>