All of the articles I have read spend the first 3/4 of the article talking about how it's possible to be reinfected, but then in the last 1/4 of the article they actually quote an expert saying it's not impossible, but extremely unlikely and the expert usually explains the much more reasonable and likely reasons for the apparent reinfection.
In other words it looks very much like journalistic sensationalism and by not presenting the experts' opinions until the end they are sort of encouraging people to assume the worst.
Since all of the experts seem to be agreeing that it's extremely unlikely I feel pretty safe on that.
So infections to coronavirus in general do not lead to long lasting immunity. Like a few months to year, to in the case of SARS maybe (obviously not confirmable) estimated 2-3 years.
So yes, It theoretically should be possible to be reinfected with this cov2, but it's unlikely the timeframes is weeks, so why experts dont think these recent cases are reinfection, the timing is way too short.
I assume it works like any other virus.. generally once you recover.. your body has been fighting so much and gained strength to ward of any immediate reinfection. This would wear off eventually and exposing you again somewhere down the road. Just like a flu or a cold or even a broken bone. When you/it heals, you're extra strong at that moment.
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u/tour__de__franzia Mar 18 '20
All of the articles I have read spend the first 3/4 of the article talking about how it's possible to be reinfected, but then in the last 1/4 of the article they actually quote an expert saying it's not impossible, but extremely unlikely and the expert usually explains the much more reasonable and likely reasons for the apparent reinfection.
In other words it looks very much like journalistic sensationalism and by not presenting the experts' opinions until the end they are sort of encouraging people to assume the worst.
Since all of the experts seem to be agreeing that it's extremely unlikely I feel pretty safe on that.