How Often Can You Be Infected With the Coronavirus?

[Nevilledog]

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https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/16/health/covid-reinfection.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur

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https://archive.ph/8lgGL


A virus that shows no signs of disappearing, variants that are adept at dodging the body’s defenses, and waves of infections two, maybe three times a year — this may be the future of Covid-19, some scientists now fear.

The central problem is that the coronavirus has become more adept at reinfecting people. Already, those infected with the first Omicron variant are reporting second infections with the newer versions of the variant — BA.2 or BA2.12.1 in the United States, or BA.4 and BA.5 in South Africa.

Those people may go on to have third or fourth infections, even within this year, researchers said in interviews. And some small fraction may have symptoms that persist for months or years, a condition known as long Covid.

“It seems likely to me that that’s going to sort of be a long-term pattern,” said Juliet Pulliam, an epidemiologist at Stellenbosch University in South Africa.

“The virus is going to keep evolving,” she added. “And there are probably going to be a lot of people getting many, many reinfections throughout their lives.”

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[leighbythesea2]

1. Got it

Jan 2020. Before i understood what it was.

Then entered a self made bubble bc my mom lives w me.
Just got it again AND she got it. Vaxxed to the max.
This is my concern. It really took me out both times, cannot fathom more bouts.

My work, we don't need to be in office, but ya know, "collaboration " and all that....
Corp could make policies to mitigate the scenario above, at least for office workers, hope more do.

[JanMichael]

2. The last line is what burns me up with some people.

“Every single time we think we’re through this, every single time we think we have the upper hand, the virus pulls a trick on us,” Dr. Andersen said. “The way to get it under control is not, ‘Let’s all get infected a few times a year and then hope for the best.’”

The "lets all get inflected a few times" crowd is who I work with. Perpetual "its ok now" people. Or "I am free!" nuts. All over not being required to mask.

People suck.