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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 The study has not been published by a scientific journal and has not been peer-reviewed.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: 2) by Spamalope on Tuesday September 01 2020, @02:12PM
Those stats don't give the information that would be relevant.
How many older people have a health situation that'd be documented as a co-morbidity. I bet you'll find the percentage is very high. Anything that'd be in an 'other conditions' admit form... anything at all.
So the report is helpful in that it shows that if you're under 30, and have none of the risk factors your risk of death is low(ish). It may be but isn't yet known whether the risk of permanent harm is also low. (Common example - Strep for example can cause permanent joint, heart and nerve damage at all ages but the damage isn't often recognized right away, and learning how that works is still ongoing - it's unlikely we'll clearly understand the long term damage profile of covid for years)
The next point is that CV19's inflammatory process is extremely dangers to anyone without a perfect (aka young person) compliments (inflammatory control) part of the immune system. So diabetes, age related macular degeneration - super high risk...
I've seen 'they had a heart attack but it was labeled a covid death' or the like. Well, the blood toxicity/clotting effect of covid causes stroke; at least 4 types of cardiovascular failure; organ failure (liver/kidney/lungs - filling them with clots in addition to the virus isn't good); loss of limbs due to the clotting...
If covid clotting causes cardio vascular failure or a stroke leading to a driver crashing a vehicle, shouldn't the cause of death be recorded as covid not a car crash?