Mnementh said:
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. |
It's also possible the virus was jettisoned out of the body so quickly by the innate immune system that he didn't have the time to build up a defense. We do know this Hong Kong man tested negative for antibodies right after he recovered the first time around. And since he didn't develop any symptoms, it seems feasible to suppose he still had protective, but not sterilizing immunity.
Of course, no one can be sure yet. It's hard to extrapolate anything from a sample of one among potentially hundreds of millions. But mere statistics would tell someone, somewhere, would have drawn the shortest straw and be reinfected by now, so yeah.
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