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While the patient was infected with mild symptoms the first time he showed no systems the second time. Also no mention if the virus was still contagious in the
by lixtra 6y ago
While the patient was infected with mild symptoms the first time he showed no systems the second time. Also no mention if the virus was still contagious in the patient.
How is it with other vaccines? Do you see a small infection before the immune response overwhelms it?
- SpicyLemonZest 6y agoYou sometimes do. This is known to be common with the flu vaccine for example. But as the article mentions, we'd always expect a few rare cases of reinfection even if people do in general have long-lasting immunity. So while it's always good to experimentally confirm things, this observation is doubly unsurprising.