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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by foxyv on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:31PM (#23023177)
Reinfection can occur with most viruses when a person is exposed too soon after the primary immune response. It takes a while for someone to develop full immunity after recovery. This happened with H1N1 for patients back in 2008.

https://www.virology.ws/2009/12/28/reinfection-with-2009-inf...

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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by nfin on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:43PM (#23023297)
Are we talking 2 weeks, a month or 3 months, 6 months+?
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Re:Recovered virus patients retest positive due to 'dead' vi... by mcbutterbunz on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @03:55PM (#23023425)
Does viral load also matter? I would imagine that getting hit with a high number of viruses shortly after recovery could cause some issues but I'm just an observer in all of this.
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