autopsies (https://doctors4covidethics.org/) have been able to see linphonodes destroyed by spike. I do not know if there is someway to test this in vivo.
And the spike levels (and duration of spike prodution) of c19 infection are way smaller compared to vax.
I have seen a paper stating only the 7% worst among the infected have the same spike level as the median among the vaxed. In practice it means that unless you got a very bad c19 case, you did not get as much spike as vaxxed guys