Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by stevenrj on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:04PM
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https://www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-1749502/v1
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Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by EGreg on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:13PM
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"However, whether reinfection adds to the risk incurred after the first infection is not clear."
Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by nishs on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:19PM
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The sentence you’ve quoted, from the abstract of the paper, refers to the state of knowledge before this paper was written/published.
The results section of the paper updates this knowledge. It says:
“Compared to those with first infection, those with reinfection exhibited increased risk and excess burden of all-cause mortality, hospitalization, and at least one sequela in the acute phase and the post-acute phase of the reinfection.”
“… the risk was higher in those who had two infections (HR 2.11 (2.07, 2.15); burden 234.58 (227.08, 241.92)), and highest in those with three or more infections (HR 3.00 (2.71, 3.31) …”
Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by hackerlight on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:31PM
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Hate to be that guy, but people who are susceptible to reinfection are also probably less healthy.
Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by bee_rider on Wednesday August 31, 2022 @10:49PM
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I'm pretty sure everyone is susceptible to reinfection after a while.
Re:U.S. life expectancy drops sharply, the second consecutiv...
by hackerlight on Thursday September 01, 2022 @03:46AM
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Susceptibility is also a spectrum, though, which is what I meant to get at and failed to communicate clearly. Immunocompromised people are probably more susceptible than others? I don't have data on that, it's just a guess.