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Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by beenBoutIT on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:09PM (#22500687)
The exact same way that people repeatedly catch the common coronavirus year after year. 2019's novel coronavirus is destined to end up being known as the "common cold" or coronavirus with time. All common colds are a coronavirus and newly discovered ones are novel. IOW there is no vaccine in the pipeline because there's never been a vaccine for the common cold.

https://www.who.int/health-topics/coronavirus

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Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by nostrademons on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:32PM (#22500781)
> All common colds are a coronavirus and newly discovered ones are novel.

Technically not true - coronaviruses cause 15-30% of common colds. The most common cause of the common cold is rhinovirus (30-80%); coronavirus is next, followed by influenza (10-15%), adenovirus, and then other viruses like RSV. The rest of your comment is fairly likely IMHO, though.

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Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by mrfusion on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:21PM (#22500732)
But you’re talking about mutations or other strains. My question is can the exact same virus reinfect a person?

I’d think you’d never clear it to begin with if that was the case.

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