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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by rb808 on Friday March 13, 2020 @01:31PM (#22569143)
Its only been around a few months so hasn't had a chance to significantly mutate- and it hasn't needed to. As such its unlikely you'll get a second time any time soon, however in future years it could mutate.

Here is an article on how they can see the DNA changing in different patients so can track the path of infections. https://bedford.io/blog/ncov-cryptic-transmission/

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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by anigbrowl on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:16PM (#22569555)
There are two different strains already.
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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by Scarblac on Friday March 13, 2020 @02:35PM (#22569737)
No, that paper was heavily criticised and then retracted.
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Re:Surviving the coronavirus, then testing positive again by anigbrowl on Friday March 13, 2020 @05:17PM (#22570952)
I don't think we're talking about the same thing.
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