New: reinfectionAll contenthive-129948hive-196917krzzanhive-183959steemhive-180932hive-185836uncommonlabphotographyhive-166405bitcoinhive-150122hive-183397hive-188619hive-144064hive-145157hive-113376lifehive-139150hive-109690hive-101145krsuccesshive-193186hive-124908TrendingNewHotLikerszafrada (78)in covid • last yearReinfections got a lot more common during Omicron.During Delta, 2.7% of infections were reinfections. This jumped up to 10.3% during the initial BA.1 period and 28.8% for the BQ.1/BQ.1.1 period. For hospitalizations, 1.9% were reinfections during…zafrada (78)in covid • 2 years agoThe team at IHME did a systemic review and meta-analysis of how well previous coronavirus infection protected against reinfection and COVID.Link to study Generally speaking, prior coronavirus infection provides durable protection against severe disease that is similar to two doses of the mRNA vaccines through at least 40 weeks.…pomeline (78)in covid • 2 years agoVirus variants can evade both vaccine immunity and immunity from prior infection.Applies even more so to therapeutics like monoclonal antibodies and antivirals as well, which don't have nearly the diverse immune response as vaccines. We've already seen both. New variants have…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoReinfection risk with Omicron may be higher than we saw with Delta.Preliminary case data on Omicron seems to indicate the reinfection risk may be higher than we saw with Delta. South Africa seemingly had a high population immunity after its recent Delta wave, but…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoNew study shows prior infections yield no reinfections - Is there a humanitarian case to give excess vaccines to regions that need it more?Sometimes different groups of scientists do similar experiments and come up with different results and different conclusions. For people who have an authoritarian view of science, this can be…zafrada (78)in covid • 3 years agoGauging the likelihood of reinfection - A study in UK.The UK is monitoring reinfections in a group of 9813 health care workers with prior infection. In order to count as a potential reinfection, they must have a second positive PCR test more than 90…bugabuga (48)in hive-116221 • 4 years agoFirst confirmed case of coronavirus reinfection is no cause for alarm - CNETBefore the Covid-19 become widespread, experts says no need to panic and yet it became pandemic. There are reported before that it is possible for a recovered Covid-19 patient to get the infection…meepins (68)in coronavirus • 4 years agoClearing up the COVID "Re-infection" rumors.I am continually seeing the poorly informed rumor that people who have recovered from COVID-19 are becoming re-infected with it, usually attached to an article citing a doctor in South Korea.…
