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 The study has not been published by a scientific journal and has not been peer-reviewed.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 acid andy on Thursday September 03 2020, @05:53PM (2 children)
Ah well, my posthumous SoylentNews argument
conversation bot should be ready by then to take over that discussion. It will be powered by downmods (technically, a special peripheral attached to the ethernet adapter will harvest the electric energy only associated with packets containing its comments that were downmodded).If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 3, Informative) by The Mighty Buzzard on Thursday September 03 2020, @07:24PM (1 child)
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(Score: 2) by acid andy on Thursday September 03 2020, @10:11PM
Nice work, thank you. My comment wasn't really meant to be a subtle dig about the spam bot though. Probably partly inspired by it, but it just supposed to be crazy bullshit.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?