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It's not impossible to estimate for COVID. Re-infections in COVID are exceedingly rare.

• fortuna86 5y ago
  There's no way of knowing this, considering the amount of asymptomatic cases that are never tested or recorded.
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  • nradov 5y ago
    The UK is running human challenge trials to determine that. https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/new-uk-challenge-trial-studies-if-people-can-catch-coronavirus-again-2021-04-18/ https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/new-uk-challenge-trial-stud...
    • fortuna86 5y ago
      It's not if https://www.fox10tv.com/news/coronavirus/getting-covid-19-twice-alabama-health-officials-seeing-more-re-infections/article_21d4404e-effd-11eb-acde-a7bd20cc64d3.html https://www.fox10tv.com/news/coronavirus/getting-covid-19-tw... https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/one-mans-experience-about-getting-covid-twice-even-after-getting-vaccinated/2642507/ https://www.nbclosangeles.com/on-air/one-mans-experience-abo... https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/more-people-are-getting-covid-19-twice-suggesting-immunity-wanes-quickly-some https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/11/more-people-are-gett... But how often and what are the consequences.
      • fortuna86 5y ago
        Are you going to actually respond or just downvote and move on?