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Looking briefly at the study (I only skimmed the beginning), it seems they attempted the reinfenction quite soon after the recovery from the initial infection.

Looking briefly at the study (I only skimmed the beginning), it seems they attempted the reinfenction quite soon after the recovery from the initial infection. This doesn't tell us anything about how long one may be immune for afterwards. Does anyone have knowledge about the length of periods of immunity (or lack thereof) in various infectious diseases?

rimliu 7y ago
IIRC immunity for coronaviruses typicaly is 6months-two years. And I am not sure , but if you get reinfected after that, once you clear the second infection your immunity will last longer yet.
- dwaltrip 7y ago
  That sounds pretty good! I hope it's true. I was worried it might be much shorter than that.
- scotty79 7y ago
  So Boris Johnson will just have to re-infect 50% of UK citizens every 6-24 months while perfectly protecting seniors to keep his idea of herd immunity.
  - ajuc 7y ago
    And increase number of hospitals 8 times :)
  - rimliu 7y ago
    Well, the hope is to have vaccine within two years.