ACT covid reinfection rates most likely show a reporting bias where people who are infected multiple times stop testing or stop reporting.

It's very unlikely that this data reflects the true portion of infections that are first time vs repeated infections.
#covid #auspol https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-01-04/latest-surge-infecting-people-who-have-not-had-covid19/101794332

Latest COVID-19 surge is mostly infecting Australians who have not had the disease before

Only one-in-five recently detected cases are reinfections, which suggests a past infection is a good defence against prevailing strains.

ABC News

@dom_ma Yes. I said the same thing a bit earlier on another platform in relation to same ABC article.

I believe that people who have never been infected before are more likely to be testing and report an infection. As such, they are more likely to be a bigger percentage of cases.

People infected multiple times - how many will continue to report.....

Without easy testing and good data collecting, we have no real idea about the current state and should not be basing analysis on such incomplete data..

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@dom_ma #covid #auspol Agreed, yet such considerations are not mentioned at all in the ABC article! The days of quality journalism are gone.

@dom_ma
“Older and/or chronically unwell people are more likely to be reinfected.

“So are health workers and other people who are exposed to coronavirus on a regular basis.”

They say this is a good thing. 🤯

@dom_ma Almost definitely. My niece was infected for the first time just before Christmas. She lives at home with her father who has had #covid before, but who wasn't reinfected this time around (8 months after initial infection).
Contrast this with last year when everyone in the same household caught it.
My greatest fear is the virus stays dormant in the body & flares up from time to time. This is 1 reason over vaccination is not ideal #auspol
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@OldMansBlues @dom_ma What does that have to do with vaccination?