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| 86-year-old man in serious condition after contracting COVID-19 for second time |
| 2020-04-23 |
| [Ynet] An 86-year-old elderly man who last week was released from Baruch Padeh (Poriya) Medical Center in Tiberias after recovering from COVID-19, was hospitalized early Thursday after testing positive for the virus. |
| Posted by:g(r)omgoru |
| #4 a 86 years old no longer has an immune system to remember previous antigenic challenges. Good point. Probably won't benefit from a vaccine then either, except perhaps indirectly from herd immunity. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2020-04-23 15:05 |
| #3 According to the French, some nicotine will fix him right up. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-04-23 10:57 |
| #2 Iblis, a 86 years old no longer has an immune system to remember previous antigenic challenges. Now, they do have to find how he was reinfected. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2020-04-23 10:50 |
| #1 Virus testing is done by throat swab, but we know it's prevalent there in the early stages, then moves on. Easy to imagine that a throat swab comes up negative while other viral reservoirs still exist in the body. Would love to see data on whether people who tested positive for antibodies get reinfected. |
| Posted by: Iblis 2020-04-23 10:37 |