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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 The study has not been published by a scientific journal and has not been peer-reviewed.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?
(Score: 5, Interesting) by choose another one on Tuesday September 01 2020, @03:44PM (2 children)
Or lasting damage to the brain (sometimes the only symptom is stroke), or pancreas (hello type 1 diabetes, which has recently spiked in kids for no known reason, except a lot of those new cases are covid +ve...).
Best of all, when you get re-infected you'll be a "had a pre-existing condition" so your death won't matter. Oh and the "pre-existing condition"s usually inlcudes "being overweight", now, admittedly it's a while since I've been to USA, but going by my recollection and that definition, "pre-existing condition" actually included most of the people.
In summary - nothing to worry about if you are currently completely healthy (no asthma, no hypertension, no diabetes, no cardiovascular problems, not overweight, etc.), you are young, and you don't mind being chronically ill afterwards. Being white and female helps even more. Course you can still spread it to friends or relatives or random people at parties who may have far more chance of dying from your actions...
Also, in case anyone thinks I'm being theoretical and using the wrong numbers, I'm not - my wife was under fifty, zero pre-existing conditions, far fitter and healthier than me. Five months ago (actually nearly six) she got covid. Last year she was running half-marathons, now she struggles to run two miles and is out of breath just from walking up the stairs, and sense of taste and smell is still fubar, her sp02 is 5% down on the rest of us. That is what "no chance in hell of dying" looks like.
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:04PM (1 child)
You mean the part where she's not dead? Yup, that's what it looks like.
There is, by the way, some amount of evidence that people in extremely good physical condition are hit much harder by it. Not proof, mind you, but enough to warrant a closer look.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @04:32PM
Reduced mucosal immunity due to salivary secretory immunoglobulin A deficiency. [nih.gov]