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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by confeit on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:18PM (#22586367)
> People regularly become ill with a cold due to a coronavirus and may catch the same one about 4 months later.

> This is because coronavirus antibodies do not last for a long time. Also, the antibodies for one strain of coronavirus may be ineffective against another one.

> The general trend of IgM peaking at ≈1 month after symptom onset and IgG peaking at 2–4 months was consistent among different studies.

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Re:Harvard epidemiologist: my colleagues assumed UK coronavi... by Demigod33 on Sunday March 15, 2020 @04:32PM (#22586494)
Sources:

- Article on SARS-CoV https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851497/

- Article on Coronaviruses in general https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/256521#symptoms

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