Re:Outbreak caused by the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in Norw...
by usrusr on Sunday December 19, 2021 @02:57PM
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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
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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.
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...