Pogue Mahone
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Hospital employees with no symptoms so probably tested regularly. No chance of false positives there? Funnily, that link mentions Manaus with no mention of infection being on the rise just three days ago.
I don’t think false positives are an issue when they sequence the virus, which is what they did here. The fact they’re hospital employees is important though. Because if they weren’t getting regular testing like this they’d never have known they got reinfected. Which is why I think the cases we hear about are the tip of the iceberg.
To be honest, I’m not too worried so long as repeat infections are mild like these. Immunity doesn’t have to be total. If it takes the edge off second and subsequent infections that makes the virus a hell of a lot easier to live with (even though it rules out viral eradication as a strategy).
The Manaus study mentioned here is referenced in the other link I posted. It was the basis for them assuming they might be close to herd immunity. Which the recent surge is calling into question.