Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by roenxi on Saturday May 23, 2020 @11:46PM
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That is as true for any flu - or indeed any disease - as it is for COVID-19. There are many diseases out there and most people don't know very much about any of them regarding what a 2nd infection might do. It isn't a reason for them to behave any differently to how they behaved in 2019.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by catalogia on Saturday May 23, 2020 @10:26PM
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How common is that? I know there have been a few cases where it's believed to happen, but similarly there are some cases of people getting chicken pox more than once. With chickenpox, that's rare enough that chicken pox is generally considered something that you only get once, but it does happen.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by gshdg on Sunday May 24, 2020 @10:13AM
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The common cold is a coronavirus. There’s reason to believe immunity to this might last only a handful of months.
Re:London may have gone into a Covid-accelerated decline
by xyzzy_plugh on Sunday May 24, 2020 @12:43AM
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For chicken pox, it is not as rare as you might think. There are routine vaccinations for children and elderly alike.
I frankly would be unsurprised if an eventual covid vaccine is similarly administered to at-risk age groups, if not everyone.
It could impact them differently if they contract it again.