Schueler Discusses COVID Natural Immunity

Johnson County Public Health Officer Dr. Mark Schueler talked with Sheridan Media about the latest information on COVID-19 and its effects on the community, and in part two of this series, talked about natural immunity and an expected spike in cases with kids returning to school.

Schueler discussed natural immunity from those that have had COVID-19 and recovered, and suggested getting the vaccine may help boost the ability to fight the virus.

Schueler said although he doesn’t have the numbers and no specific data, he would guess that someone that had COVID and recovered would probably have about a 20% chance of spreading the virus, but if they were vaccinated afterwards, it may go down to a 5% chance of spreading it.

Schueler was asked if he is hopeful or concerned for Johnson County about the virus.

Schueler said after the coming spike, he expects to see a trend downward again.

We will have Dr. Schueler’s final thoughts on the current COVID situation in Kohnson County tomorrow.