Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already mutated at least once

Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by redis_mlc on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:16PM (#22500718)

Some diseases have 2 phases (biphasic), so you get sick, recover somewhat, get sick again, often with different symptoms.

I've read in the press that corona virus might be biphasic, which is a big problem for an air-borne transmissable disease. In the jet age, quarantining potentially thousands or millions of passengers becomes expensive and disruptive when there's a week between phases.

Lyme disease is like that. First you get a bullseye rash and flu-like symtoms, it goes away, then later your organs are attacked.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biphasic_disease

That's different than a chronic disease, where you never recover.

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Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by mrfusion on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:24PM (#22500743)

Why can’t the memory cells help for the second phase?

Shouldn’t the first phase act as a sort of vaccine?

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Re:Covid-19 now exists in two forms, indicating it's already... by analog31 on Thursday March 05, 2020 @10:43PM (#22500827)

I wonder if it's possible that the virus can take shelter in cells that are not exposed to the antibodies. Don't herpes viruses do something like that? People get chicken pox as a kid, and later get shingles.

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