Researchers have documented the first case of reinfection for COVID

[Ike★ 2,919]

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/researchers-document-first-case-of-virus-reinfection/

 

“An apparently young and healthy patient had a second case of COVID-19 infection which was diagnosed 4.5 months after the first episode,” University of Hong Kong researchers said Monday in a statement.

 

The report is of concern because it suggests that immunity to the coronavirus may last only a few months in some people. And it has implications for vaccines being developed for the virus.

[Chicano3000 119]

So nice you get it twice...

[Teh_Diplomat 2,054]

1 hour ago, Chicano3000 said:

So nice you get it twice...

Sequels are usually better.  

[Cooke 2,033]

I seriously hope this is an extremely rare scenario, otherwise we are fucked. Forever. 

[Mr. House 3,371]

Im so fucking tired of this shit.

[Hot Sauce 2,734]

The patient's first confirmation was a single PCR test during a time when COVID was not prevalent in Hong Kong and he had no antibody response until this second infection, so there's a possibility the initial test was contaminated.

 

As an example re-infection it at least suggests the possibility of re-infection being weaker. The catastrophic worry was a dengue situation with subsequent infections beyond the initial one being far more severe.

[Ike★ 2,919]

53 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

The patient's first confirmation was a single PCR test during a time when COVID was not prevalent in Hong Kong and he had no antibody response until this second infection, so there's a possibility the initial test was contaminated.

 

As an example re-infection it at least suggests the possibility of re-infection being weaker. The catastrophic worry was a dengue situation with subsequent infections beyond the initial one being far more severe.

Yeah, I heard more on NPR after the initial reporting and this is actually probably a good thing since the reinfection showed no symptoms and the immune response is doing its job.