Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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drkohler said:

Bofferbrauer2 said:

One question that bugged me while reading this is are the persons who had Covid-19 now immune to it or could they relapse again if the virus came back in a couple months or so? Do we have any information on that?

I have read one report about a person being pronounced healed and then tested positive again. Can't remember where that was and when exactly, probably around the same time a dog in HK was tested positive. No further news about that particular case since, so it's anyones guess if true or not.

I believe it could happen if someone has a bad immune system.  They could almost get over virus and then later fall to it again.  I don't think it would happen to someone who has a good immune system.  Once your white blood cells know how to attack virus they would kill it on site the next time exposed.  Reinfection could happen to someone who has low white blood cell count or immune system compromised.