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Re:Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norw... by ifyoubuildit on Sunday December 19, 2021 @10:32AM (#29614675)
> Reinfections have long ceased to be noteworthy events.

How long is long? This was published a little over a month ago:

Protective immunity after recovery from SARS-CoV-2 infection

https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laninf/article/PIIS1473-3...

Re:Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norw... by usrusr on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:57PM (#29617702)
Yeah, that's all about quantifying something well known, not "stop the press, there's been a reinfection!"
Re:Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norw... by ifyoubuildit on Monday December 20, 2021 @12:39AM (#29621877)
You said:

> The effect of infection is stronger wrt to spread for a few weeks or months but that difference isn't a long term thing. That's not how you reach herd immunity, it's how you reach seasonality.

The authors of that study said:

> Community immunity to control the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic can be reached with the acquired immunity due to either previous infection or vaccination.

I haven't seen anything yet that says protection after infection wanes all that much. I see a lot of "we don't know how long it will last", but it seems to last as long as we have data for so far.