This is, literally, the first sentence in the article.
> It's unclear whether people who recover from COVID-19 will be immune to reinfection from the coronavirus and, if so, how long that immunity will last.
There are abstracts of scientific papers that are not as upfront about their results as the first sentence of this article is.
If you think that's frustrating, wait until you read about Antibody Dependent Enhancement [1], which is the situation where antibodies from a previous infection actually enhance the virulence of a subsequent exposure.
Immunology is complicated and dynamic. That's why it takes 12-18 months to prove that a new vaccine won't end up being worse than the disease.
If you don't develop immunity, think how that will affect the economy. With immunity, it's possible this is a temporary condition, and once we get through it, we can go back to something we almost recognize as normal, and the economy can start to recover. Without immunity, it's more like something has fundamentally changed. For example, dining out at a restaurant or seeing a movie in a theater may be things that people are not comfortable with for years.
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[ 3.8 ms ] story [ 16.9 ms ] threadThe answer to the question is "we don't know, it's complicated". It's not a screenplay we're in, reality is messy.
> It's unclear whether people who recover from COVID-19 will be immune to reinfection from the coronavirus and, if so, how long that immunity will last.
There are abstracts of scientific papers that are not as upfront about their results as the first sentence of this article is.
Immunology is complicated and dynamic. That's why it takes 12-18 months to prove that a new vaccine won't end up being worse than the disease.
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