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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday September 01 2020, @11:55AM   Printer-friendly
from the common-cold-/-covid-19? dept.

https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/08/another-covid-19-reinfection-this-time-second-infection-was-more-severe/

A 25-year-old resident of Reno, Nevada was infected with the pandemic coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, two times, about 48-days apart, with the second infection causing a more severe case of COVID-19 than the first and requiring hospitalization and oxygen support.

That's according to a draft study, led by researchers at the University of Nevada and posted online. The study has not been published by a scientific journal and has not been peer-reviewed. Still, it drew quick attention from researchers, who have been examining data from the first confirmed case of a SARS-CoV-2 reinfection, reported earlier this week.
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Amid the more than 24.5 million cases worldwide, it is completely expected to find some recovered patients who are not completely protected by their immune responses and are thus vulnerable to reinfection.

The big question is: how common is this scenario?


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  • (Score: 2) by datapharmer on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:18PM (6 children)

    by datapharmer (2702) on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:18PM (#1044894)

    My grandma had a recent stroke and active cancer when she died. It was still labeled pneumonia. Just sayin' the underlying conditions don't change the ultimate cause of death...

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  • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:58PM (5 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2020, @01:58PM (#1044906) Journal

    I seem to recall that in the 80's, some people, especially celebrities, who died of AIDS had "cancer" on their death certificate.

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    • (Score: 2) by looorg on Tuesday September 01 2020, @02:44PM (3 children)

      by looorg (578) on Tuesday September 01 2020, @02:44PM (#1044932)

      From what I recall a lot of people that died from AIDS during the 80's had Pneumonia stated as the cause of death. But I guess there could be regional differences or that I am just recalling it wrong.

      • (Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday September 01 2020, @03:03PM (2 children)

        by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2020, @03:03PM (#1044940) Journal

        I might be mis-remembering.

        Pneumonia sounds like a more likely cause of death in many instances.

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        • (Score: 2) by RS3 on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:24PM (1 child)

          by RS3 (6367) on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:24PM (#1044973)

          AFAIK immune system fights cancers and keeps some in check, so it's very possible with immune system compromised a low-lying cancer proliferates.

          • (Score: 4, Informative) by choose another one on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:33PM

            by choose another one (515) Subscriber Badge on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:33PM (#1044978)

            Bingo. There were some cancers that were practically considered to indicate AIDs - "AIDS-defining cancers". Kaposi's sarcoma is one.

            They exist without AIDs, but are really rare, with AIDs they suddenly become very common.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @11:06PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @11:06PM (#1045145)

      A lot of people who did not die of AIDS ended up with cancer. AIDS makes the person much more susceptible.

      If these deaths "from cancer" followed the AIDS diagnoses by a couple years, the person may have really died of cancer. Of course in the 80s, there were not that many who got diagnosed with AIDS that lived long enough to get cancer.