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Originally Posted by themartianchick
That is a claim that Sweden has made but it doesn't really fit with the science. There is no proof that having had the COVID-19 virus actually makes you immune to getting it again as a full-blown (or even asymptomatic) illness. There have been some people in other countries who have gotten it a second time. They are just as contagious the 2nd time around and can spread it to others, especially if they don't take precautions and re-quarantine.
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You must have missed this comment I made recently:
1. Virtually everyone who recovers from the disease produces antibodies within 3 weeks and epidemiologists are confident this will provide immunity from the disease (time undetermined at this point) In the SARS epidemic, also a coronavirus, recovered patients were found to have an average of 2 years immunity. We only have a few months experience with covid 19 but these scientists found that 99.5% of all recovered patients developed antibodies.
After Recovery From the Coronavirus, Most People Carry Antibodies - The New York Times
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2. Another part of the same study found that the “reinfected” patients in Asia probably weren’t reinfected at all. People who were still testing positive weeks after recovery likely didn’t have any live virus left in their system; what was being picked up in testing were the remnants of dead virus whose genome was still present. Researchers in South Korea who conducted a separate study came to that conclusion as well