COVID version 2 – day 12

Finally, my second COVID infection is over. I was already feeling better over the weekend and tested negative this morning.

I am now in the category of those with the re-infections. There are quite a few of us in this group, given how many infections are estimated by ONS to have happened over the last three years:

THREAD: Using data from ONS infection survey, you can calculate that there have been enough *new* Covid infections since Mar 2020 to infect almost everyone twice over. (in reality, some never infected, some infected 3+ times).

Bad enough, BUT HIGHEST by far in kids. Read on! 1/5 pic.twitter.com/w6bpBogwVD

— Prof. Christina Pagel (@chrischirp) October 5, 2022

On a slightly more worrying side, there is growing evidence that reinfections are adding up to the long-term damage from COVID:

Here is the latest from our team in @NatureMedicine

Should you protect yourself from Covid-19 reinfection

Yes!

Reinfection is not benign; it is best to avoid it

by @Bcbowe @Biostayan @zalaly

A thread 🧵https://t.co/RVENVKRucU

— Ziyad Al-Aly, MD (@zalaly) November 10, 2022

So, I hope to keep my COVID tally to two and avoid further reinfections…

… like a plague.