Do we know for a fact that people who have recovered from the virus have

[Poiuyt]

become reinfected? Has that been documented or are these just cases about someone who hadn't been fully recovered?

If those reports are true, then it would debunk any claims about building up immunity.

[SheltieLover]

1. I don't think docs know yet from what I have read.

Scary.

[captain queeg]

2. Maybe it's mutating.

[uppityperson]

3. They don't know yet. Some studies show few antibioties in people who recovered

This would be bad as it would indicate vaccines won't work. But they aren't sure yet, this is still pretty new.

[womanofthehills]

4. A friend of mine just posted that her 2 friends have tested

Positive for 40 days now with no symptoms. They are a husband and wife. My friend’s adult daughter has been sick for 2 weeks with all the symptoms and tested negative although her dr believes she has it. My friend is taking care of her 4 yr old grandson because she doesn’t know if her daughter has it or not.

[PoindexterOglethorpe]

5. I am under the impression that the current tests -- at least what we have in this country --

aren't very reliable and there are very high rates of both false positives and false negatives. As high as 30% each.

[Drahthaardogs]

7. False positive with PCR is kind of impossible

But if you mean testing positive but asymptotic, I guess you could call that a false positive, though it's not technically.

False negatives are common with PCR

[pbmus]

6. Reinfected, relapse, or false positives...?

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7144858/

[lindysalsagal]

8. My friend in brooklyn's doctor's guess: She's recovered but might relapse. Most likely,

she's now immune. But he said there's a chance she could get sick again.

[Phoenix61]

9. They don't know. There's a pretty high false

negative rate, 3 out of 10 who have it will test negative.

[2naSalit]

10. Still not sure...

I just watched this segment of yesterday's News Hour on PBS... 6+ minutes, very informative.



https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/will-antibody-testing-help-get-people-back-to-work