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> That being said I also know someone who got Covid 2 times, once in march 2020 and once in april 2021. (Confirmed by PCR the 2 times). The second time was much

> That being said I also know someone who got Covid 2 times, once in march 2020 and once in april 2021. (Confirmed by PCR the 2 times). The second time was much milder, but still she had to stop working for a week (versus one month the first time). It is still possible it was a defective test the second time, and something else than Covid. For what it's worth my girlfriend is currently recovering from her second bout of covid. She had it first about a year ago and then second about a month and a half ago. Confirmed by PCR test and antibody tests afterwards as well as totally consistent symptoms. The first time knocked her out totally about a week and left her tired for a few weeks while the second time knocked her out totally for maybe 2 1/2 weeks and she's still quite weak now 6 weeks later, so the second case has been much worse. Obviously just anecdotal, but getting it twice does happen and the second time apparently can be worse.

practice9 5y ago
My hypothesis is that people who got Covid once and recovered feel safe, thus start doing more risky things and have more exposure to potential Covid carriers. So the second time the viral load may be much higher, which leads to worse symptoms. Do you think this is true in your anecdotal experience?
- CogitoCogito 5y ago
  In general that's certainly possible, but I don't think it is in this case. My girlfriend and I were pretty relaxed late last summer (a couple months after she got sick) to early winter when we had low case count, but after that we became very careful again when the cases got high. Since then we've both been very careful. Her job has just been a bit of a cesspool of cases. It just keeps going around and around and eventually it got her too.
  - fendy3002 5y ago
    Another possibility is different variant which is deadlier. However everything is just speculation at this point.

practice9 5y ago

My hypothesis is that people who got Covid once and recovered feel safe, thus start doing more risky things and have more exposure to potential Covid carriers. So the second time the viral load may be much higher, which leads to worse symptoms. Do you think this is true in your anecdotal experience?

CogitoCogito 5y ago
In general that's certainly possible, but I don't think it is in this case. My girlfriend and I were pretty relaxed late last summer (a couple months after she got sick) to early winter when we had low case count, but after that we became very careful again when the cases got high. Since then we've both been very careful. Her job has just been a bit of a cesspool of cases. It just keeps going around and around and eventually it got her too.
- fendy3002 5y ago
  Another possibility is different variant which is deadlier. However everything is just speculation at this point.