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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
I was saying if it can come back, which nobody seems to know yet, all that's been said is that it's 'unlikely'. There was something online where it's claimed that this has actually happened, i'll see if I can find it.
Edit: Found this:
https://www.express.co.uk/news/world...an-south-korea
If it can keeping coming back (because the body isn't making us immune as expected) after we've had it once and we hadn't yet developed a vaccine, we are in real trouble. |
It’s extremely important to read these reports carefully and to try to see through the tabloid sensationalism.
The only quote from an actual expert in that entire article says this:
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Philip Tierno Jr., a professor of microbiology and pathology at New York University, said: “Once you have the infection, it could remain dormant with minimal symptoms”
“And then you can get an exacerbation if it finds its way into the lungs”.
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Which is *not* evidence of reinfection, or “catching the virus twice”. It is, rather, evidence of a more complex pattern of disease progression, in a few possibly especially weak individuals.
It is so important not to give equal weight to different reports just because they’re in print. The BBC and others giving equal weight to Andrew Wakefield’s MMR quackery despite the scientific consensus being heavily against him is, in no small measure, what has caused a perilous drop in vaccination rates that has consequences to this day.