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Mar 15, 2023 · Reinfection with the virus that causes COVID-19 occurs when you are infected, recover, and then get infected again. You can be reinfected multiple times. Reinfections are most often mild, but severe illness can occur. If you are reinfected, you can also spread the virus to others. Staying up to date with COVID-19 vaccine and treating COVID-19 ...
Jul 27, 2022 · When a positive COVID-19 test comes back, you may feel like you just had it. As time passes, immunity wanes, and new virus variants emerge. So, reinfections are certainly possible. But can you get ...
Nov 21, 2023 · There's no reason to believe you can't get Omicron twice or more, but you probably won't know for sure. That's because standard COVID-19 tests don’t identify variants. Doctors usually assume you ...
- Kim Painter
Jan 26, 2023 · Can you get COVID-19 twice in a month? While not likely, it’s possible to get COVID-19 twice within a 90-day period. According to the CDC, early reinfection within the first 90 days of initial ...
Feb 13, 2024 · The combination of evidence on COVID and the long-term impacts of other viruses paints a grim picture of what it might mean to experience regular COVID infections. “Every time you get infected ...
- Meghan Bartels
Jun 9, 2022 · It’s also the reason you’re more likely to get COVID-19 twice now than you were just four months ago.New variants like BA-4 or BA-5, which were unheard of earlier this year, are now circulating in the United States, and they may not be prevented by vaccines, boosters, or the antibodies that you develop when you’re infected by another variant.
Jun 11, 2022 · For now, you should treat any new symptoms, including a fever, sore throat, runny nose or change in taste or smell, as a potential case of Covid, and get tested to confirm if you are positive again.