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Another COVID-19 Reinfection: This Time Second Infection Was More Severe

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

Freeman writes:

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 The study has not been published by a scientific journal and has not been peer-reviewed.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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• Re:How common is the scenario? (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @08:24PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday September 01 2020, @08:24PM (#1045071)

  Any illness can weaken your immune system and allow other diseases to get a hold.

  That's what was said at the start of the discussion. If you're already weak, aged, dying from some disease or other condition, you'll be fucked when Covid gets you. Otherwise, not so much.

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