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Re:Previous Covid-19 may cut risk of reinfection 84% by wk_end on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @10:14AM (#26807340)
Per the Washington Post just two days ago [1], there have been just 71 confirmed reinfections worldwide, which is why I made that claim. Unless half of those came from that study, I’m not really sure how to square this.

I disagree with your assessment of P.1 immune escape being “very substantial” based on those in vitro results. It’s on par with the UK variant, which has no evidence - real world or otherwise - or reputation at all for widespread reinfection or vaccine escape. Never mind that in vitro results don’t even tell the whole story of an in vivo immune response. To be perfectly honest, I’m struggling to see how you’re making that claim.

[1] https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/can-you-get-covid-tw...

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Re:Previous Covid-19 may cut risk of reinfection 84% by cameldrv on Wednesday April 14, 2021 @04:49PM (#26812870)
Washington Post cited BNO news, which is just one guy I believe. I don't know if he's just sourcing these from news stories or what. If they're seeing 30 reinfections over 3 months in 650 study participants, you can be quite sure that there are a lot more than 71 reinfections in the world.
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