Even without the perfect epidemiological data, we know that reinfections are on the rise. But we haven't figured out yet what reinfections mean for living with COVID in the long run.
I think younger people are at higher risk of reinfection because they have more exposure.I had ample time to ponder these questions when, following a certain parent company’s holiday party, I was isolating at home with my second confirmed COVID-19 infection of the year .
“I think younger people are at higher risk of reinfection because they have more exposure—that’s just been my observation,” Malani told The Daily Beast. “I’m the mother of young adults, so what I tell my own kids is to find a balance.” Take part in the activities that connect them to other people, she suggests, but be mindful of their level of exposure before important events that involve elderly family members or others at higher risks for worse outcomes from an infection.
Still, “Our results suggest that reinfection is more common than previously thought,” the researchers wrote in the study. U.S. data have even more holes. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention does not publish case counts of reinfections as part of their
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