Coronavirus (COVID-19) Discussion Thread

[Mnementh]

Pemalite said:

JRPGfan said:

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?

He could have a low immune system response.

Normally when we catch a virus the body builds "anti-bodies" to prevent reinfection, sadly for the human body... The anti-bodies that some people create aren't as long lasting or as extensive as another individuals.

In short, everyone is different.

I wouldn't be taking this news of reinfection as gospel and applicable to everyone at large, for all we know he was doing chemotherapy which resets the immune system or already had immune-deficiency from something like HIV/AIDS.

Just not enough information.

Ah, the chemotherapy is an important additional information. It is known, that chemo does affect the immune system. So this case probably is an exception. Thanks for the info.