Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

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JRPGfan said:

jason1637 said:

Hong Kong scientists report case of man reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout - the world's first proven case of reinfectionhttps://t.co/dTc5MQ6bxx

— BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) August 24, 2020

He has to be a exception.... otherwise this damn virus will be with us forever.
Still if hes like 1 person in the world, out of 24 million+ cases over a periode of ~5-6 months to be confirmed reinfected.
Theres a low chance of that happending right?

Why wouldn't it be with us forever? Other human coronaviruses have been and will probably always be circulating forever.

If I remember, the Oxford vaccine given to monkeys didn't prevent re-infection, but it did prevent severe disease, no pneumonia.

To me, it sounds like reinfection to some extent is probably way more common, the recent reports are the only officially confirmed/documented cases.

but the good news is, the guy that was reinfected was asymptomatic, indicating resistance/some degree of immunity

"The man, 33, who was "young and healthy," had mild symptoms the first time - cough, fever, sore throat, and headache, according to Stat News - and his reinfection was discovered four and a half months later on Aug. 15 after he returned from Spain via the UK. Researchers said he probably got the strain circulating through Europe in July and August, and he had no reported symptoms the second time around."

"It may be that second infections, when they do occur, are not serious - though we don't know whether this person was infectious during their second episode."