Coronavirus reinfection may NOT be so rare: 10% of Marine recruits who quarantined and recovered from COVID-19 at the start of basic training tested positive AGAIN over a MONTH later
Researchers looked at 3,249 mostly male Marine Corps recruits between ages 18 and 20 during a 14-day quarantine and six-week basic training
A total of 189 had previously been infected with COVID-19 before arriving for the quarantine period and 2,247 had not been
More than 10% of the previously infected group had a second positive test during basic training and 48% of the uninfected group tested positive
Prior to the study, only three known people out of more than 26 million cases in the U.S. had been reinfected with the virus
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GROTON, Conn. - In early November, Naval Submarine Medical Research Laboratoryâs (NSMRL) Hospital Corpsman Third Class Victoria Diaz returned from a three-month assignment at Parris Island, South Carolina where she assisted the Naval Medical Research Center (NMRC) with the COVID-19 Health Action Response for Marines (CHARM) study.
The CHARM study followed Marine recruits who underwent a two-week quarantine at a closed campus prior to boot camp at Marine Corps Recruit Depot Parris Island. Recruits who agreed to participate in the study provided nasal, saliva, and blood samples at several points throughout the two-week quarantine. These samples were tested to determine if the recruits had COVID-19 upon arrival at their designated quarantine location or if they contracted it during their quarantine. Participants also provided a brief health history along with demographic and risk-factor information.