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However, hospitalizations are way down. what do we know about this variant? does it not cause as much severe ills in as other variants or all the vaccination keeping infections milder? what is it? >> like everything, alex, a little bit of everything. the ba.2 subvariant is more infection, meaning easier to give and get, than the original omicron we had over the last winter. so it is easier to, more infectious. why youre starting to see uptick in cases, but to your point, not more severe. severit...

Gotten it does that make you sort of have some natural immunity to these? >> definitely we know this infection induced immunity. your asking the exact question researchers are, how long does that last? ive seenlast? ive already seen patients who have had two covid infections within a 60 day period. its generally less common, alex, to have that happen so many of us are wondering we need that genetic subtyping to see if it is the same one they had before, so just a longer span of infection which s...

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Young Covid Survivors can be Reinfected: Lancet by Hannah Joy on  April 19, 2021 at 5:03 PM Have you been vaccinated twice against Covid-19? If yes, you could still be at risk of being reinfected and may still transmit it to others, says a new study. Even after a previous infection and the presence of antibodies, vaccination is still necessary to boost immune responses, prevent reinfection, reduce transmission, and that young people should take up the vaccine wherever possib...

Some second coronavirus infections can be more severe. Research on nursing home cases suggests vaccines might be key to protect older immune systems.