> The short version is no: if you get symptoms and recover, then the immune system has cleared it, so you can't be a carrier. That's not necessarily true. Man

> The short version is no: if you get symptoms and recover, then the immune system has cleared it, so you can't be a carrier. That's not necessarily true. Many viruses are only pushed into dormancy by the immune system, and can come back and give you symptoms years later, at which point they can spread to other people. For example: Chickenpox, herpes, hiv.