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I was initially worried about this, but my understanding now is that they're pretty sure it goes away. There's viruses that go dormant and become invisible to

I was initially worried about this, but my understanding now is that they're pretty sure it goes away. There's viruses that go dormant and become invisible to your immune system like how Herpes viruses go dormant in your nervous system, and there's viruses that get into your DNA like HIV and then are pretty much impossible to get rid of without getting rid of all of your cells. Coronaviruses don't do either of these things.

MaupitiBlue 7y ago
Duration of Antibody Responses after Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851497/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2851497/ “ Among 176 patients who had had severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), SARS-specific antibodies were maintained for an average of 2 years, and significant reduction of immunoglobulin G–positive percentage and titers occurred in the third year. Thus, SARS patients might be susceptible to reinfection >3 years after initial exposure.”