If You Get Covid A Second Time, Is It As Bad As The First Time Around?

[Me.]

De Blasio said this morning you can get re-infected.

[Wounded Bear]

1. I thought the jury was still out on that one...

as to whether a second infection was possible.

[Blue_true]

5. It has happened in places around the world.

From what I get from reading the accounts of people that get hospitalized with it, once you have had it once, you don't want to get it again. My guess is that people that survived the first instance take extra precautions not to get it again.

[cos dem]

2. What is his evidence?

Every time this has come up before, it has not been true. So, I'm skeptical unless someone can point me to an actual study with, you know, evidence. De Blasio saying it doesn't make it true.

[Me.]

3. Personally I'm Unsure

and I was on my way out so I didn't hear the case if there was one. But if you can, I hope to God it's not a repeat of the 1st time.

[qazplm135]

4. no clear evidence that's true yet

so not sure what he's talking about.

[Blue_true]

6. It has happened in a few reported cases.

It is possible that he has information that we don't. He is talking to medical people at hospitals a lot.

[Silent3]

8. AFAIK, people have *tested positive* a second time...

...and I don't mean just for antibodies, but for currently having the virus, but I don't think it has been reported that anyone has had serious symptoms a second time.

[Blue_true]

11. I have not read about any serious cases on the second infection.

One guy in China was said to have gotten infected something like four times, I guess Darwin was too busy to deal with him, at the least, if he shows up infected again, they should brand "dumbass" on his forehead.

[Me.]

12. Thank You

[qazplm135]

9. it's not clear yet

that they actually got it "again."

Could be a faulty test. Could be the virus was never fully cleared the first time. Could be it's just antibodies and not the actual, live virus.

The consensus so far is you can't be reinfected, but that's subject to new information.

[Me.]

13. +1

[Drahthaardogs]

14. No. Not the antibodies

Completely different test than for am active infection.

[qazplm135]

15. antibodies aren't just in an active infection

they last for at least some period of time after an infection, up to a year it appears thus far.

[Drahthaardogs]

16. I know. I have done polymerase chain reaction tests

It is a completely different test than antibodies. Antibodies cannot show an active infection. Only PCR does that.

[qazplm135]

17. except we know some of the "reinfections"

were just antibodies showing up. So if you want, add poor testing methods to the list or poor reporting of testing.

[Iggo]

7. Either you can get it again or you can't. And if you can, either it is worse or it isn't.

[BGBD]

10. I'm not going to let Bill De Blasio be

the authority I go to for COVID-19 information.

https://www.healthline.com/health-news/people-reinfected-with-covid-19-werent-infectious

[Iggo]

18. Thanks for the link.