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Originally Posted by 1andrew1
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Is it?
Or just more unproven speculation?
http://news.sky.com/story/coronaviru...overy-12115510
Then when you actually look behind the headline
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Professor Wendy Barclay, an infectious diseases specialist and one of the researchers, said antibodies peak three to four weeks after symptoms and then drop away, as they do for related viruses.
She said: "Seasonal coronaviruses that circulate every winter and cause common colds can re-infect people after six to 12 months.
"We suspect that the way the body reacts to infection with this new coronavirus is similar to that."
There have so far only been a handful of documented cases of re-infection.
Dr Alexander Edwards, associate professor in biomedical technology at the University of Reading, said: "What is not clear is how quickly antibody levels would rise again if a person encounters the virus a second time.
"It is possible they will still rapidly respond, and either have a milder illness, or remain protected through immune memory.
"So even if the rapid antibody test is no longer positive, the person may still be protected from re-infection."
The study, which is yet to be peer reviewed, only measured antibodies.
It is possible that another arm of the immune system called T-cells, may remain active, but there is currently no available test for them.
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I would put the nails away based on that