LEARNING LABS THAT BEGAN LAST
WEEK. >>> > > > FOR COVID-19 SURVIVORS, ONE CALMING IDEA HAS BEEN AT THE VERY LEAST YOU MAY HAVE SOME IMMUNITY TO FUTURE INFECTIONS,
BUT THAT MIGHT NOT BE THE INSTANCE. BUT THAT MIGHT NOT HOLD TRUE. OUR DR. FRANK McGEORGE IS RIGHT HERE WITH TWO BRAND-NEW RECORDS OF INDIVIDUALS BECOMING RE-INFECTED HERE IN THE UNITED STATE >> > > Dr. McGeorge: YEAH, JASON. THE FIRST WELL-DOCUMENTED INSTANCE THE FIRST WELL-DOCUMENTED INSTANCE OF A COVID REINFECTION WAS FROM HONG KONG. THERE HAVE BEEN SCATTERED RECORDS FROM VARIOUS OTHER PARTS OF THE GLOBE. IN A LOT OF OF THOSE CASES, THE IN THE MAJORITY OF THOSE SITUATIONS, THE 2ND INFECTION WAS NOT AS SERIOUS AS THE FIRST. CURRENTLY TWO U.S. INSTANCES ARE CHALLENGING THAT. THE FIRST U.S.REPORT OF A THE FIRST UNITED STATE REPORT OF A REINFECTION WAS PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL LANCET. THE INDIVIDUAL WAS A HEALTHY AND BALANCED 25-YEAR-OLD RESIDENT OF NEVADA
WHO EXAMINED FAVORABLE ON APRIL WHO EVALUATED FAVORABLE ON APRIL 18th WITH MILD SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS, SORE THROAT, COUGHING, HEADACHE, MILD DIARRHEA. 9 DAYS, THE SYMPTOMS DISAPPEARED AS WELL AS FOLLOWING EXAMINATIONS WERE
NEGATIVE. THEN HE CAME TO BE SIGNIFICANT ONCE AGAIN AND ALSO EVALUATED FAVORABLE FOR COVID-19. THIS MOMENT, THOUGH, HIS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS WERE MORE SEVERE, AS WELL AS HE REQUIRED OXYGEN. THE RESEARCHERS ARE POSITIVE THE RESEARCHERS ARE CONFIDENT THIS WAS A REINFECTION NOT A RELAPSE SINCE THE GENETICS FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND VIRUS WERE DIFFERENT. A 2ND U.S. REINFECTION WAS
PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL TRANSMITTABLE DISEASES. THAT PERSON WAS A HEALTHY AND BALANCED 42-YEAR-OLD VIRGINIA ARMED FORCE HEALTH TREATMENT SERVICE PROVIDER. ON MARCH 21st. HE DEVELOPED A COUGH, HIGH TEMPERATURE, HE DEVELOPED A COUGHING, HIGH TEMPERATURE, BODY ACHES, EXAMINED POSITIVE AND IMPROVED OVER 10 DAYS. AFTER EVEN MORE THAN A MONTH, HE WAS
REEXPOSED WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE REEXPOSED WHEN SOMEBODY IN THE HOUSE DEVELOPED COVID-19 AS WELL AS HAD AN ABNORMAL CHEST X-RAY AS WELL AS
LOW OXYGEN LEVELS.LOW OXYGEN DEGREES. HE TESTED POSITIVE. THERE WERE DIFFERENCES IN THE VIRUSES, RECOMMENDING REINFECTION. AT THIS MOMENT, THE REINFECTIONS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE COMMON BUT DO NOT APPEAR TO BE COMMON BUT INCREASE INQUIRIES CONCERNING JUST HOW MUCH RESISTANCE IS PRODUCED WITH AINâEUR ™ T INFECTION OR WHETHER SOMETHING ELSE COULD BE THE REASON LIKE A ELSE COULD BE THE CAUSE LIKE A BIGGER SECONDLY DIRECT EXPOSURE. > > Jason: DOES IT INCREASE QUESTIONS REGARDING HOW >> EFFECTIVE A VACCINE COULD BE? > > Dr. McGeorge: THERE IS NO PROOF THAT THE REINFECTION EVIDENCE THAT THE REINFECTION HAPPENED SINCE THE INFECTIONS TRANSFORMED IN A MANNER THAT IT HAD THE ABILITY TO SNEAK PAST THE IMMUNE SYSTEM. IT IS HOPED THE RESISTANCE FROM A. VACCINATION WOULD BE BETTER THAN VACCINE WOULD BE BETTER THAN FROM A NATURAL INFECTION.
