Denis - The COVID info guy -

"Can you catch COVID on top of COVID? A doctor explains why it is, unfortunately, a possible scenario and what you can do to protect yourself"

"Many people assume that having long COVID means they’re still ‘immune’ to getting the virus again. But sadly, this isn’t the case."

"COVID is still with us and it continues to evolve. So, it’s worth continuing some of those protective habits, like testing if you feel unwell, wearing a mask in busy indoor spaces and keeping up with vaccinations."

#COVID19

Source: https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/can-you-catch-covid-on-top-of-covid

Can you catch COVID on top of COVID? A doctor explains | BBC Science Focus Magazine

Can you catch COVID on top of COVID? A doctor explains why it is, unfortunately, a possible scenario and what you can do to protect yourself

BBC Science Focus Magazine
Jan 24 at 1:01amWeb
Show threadGraydonJan 25

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy There was a peer-reviewed paper about a Spanish nurse who caught two different strains of COVID at the same time. This was back round the time Omicron started spreading.

Also, asymptomatic transmission (no symptoms, still infectious) is a substantial thing; some studies get five-sixths of cases being asymptomatic. Many get half. "If you feel unwell" is not informative and the tests you can get have enormous false negative rates.

By presumption, everyone's always infectious.

Show threadRobotistry has movedJan 25

@DenisCOVIDinfoguy Wait, what?

I saw the headline and immediately thought, "Yeah, if there are two different variants going around and you were unlucky enough to be sick with variant A and have contact with someone contagious with variant B, I suppose you could have both at once."

But then I saw the quote: "...people assume that having long COVID means they're still 'immune' to getting the virus again," and hit a mental roadblock.

How is "still" a thing? You don't magically become immune to future variants because it left you with a chronic illness. (See also, "get regular boosters")

Further, the fact that viral persistence plays a role would seem to indicate that bodies with #LongCovid are, if anything, -less- capable of fighting that variant off in the future.

How can this be what this article is about?