I don't have an opinion on omicron parties, other than leaning towards them being a bad idea, but how do people get stuff like this published? Section heading:

I don't have an opinion on omicron parties, other than leaning towards them being a bad idea, but how do people get stuff like this published? Section heading: "3. Your immunity will last months — not years" The end of that section: "So how much time does an infection buy you? While that's hard to answer precisely, Townsend's team estimates that reinfection could occur somewhere between three months and five years after infection, with a median of 16 months. This is based on an analysis of data from previous antibodies to previous coronaviruses, "At three to 16 months, you should be on notice," he says. "The clock is starting to tick again."" So one researcher comes up with a model that suggests you might get reinfected between 3 months and 5 years after a primary infection, with a median of more than a year, and this author thinks the takeaway is "your immunity will last months, not years"? To steel man the authors position, the research they are basing this on was published in October 2021, so pre omicron. Maybe they meant to argue that the reinfection period could be shorter now? But they don't seem to actually say that. They just make a statement that is directly contradicted by the source that they're quoting.