Until recently, many people who got COVID-19 thought they had months or years of protection from getting it again. But researchers tell the NBCLA I-Team that's not the case.
"The thing about these reinfections, is they get increasingly milder. Much less likely to even cause you to call your doctor," says Dr. Amesh Adalja of Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra tested positive this past Monday, less than a month after his first positive test.
"I wouldn’t say there's a hard and fast timeline when you can get reinfected. It’s just that your protection wanes over time, over the course of a few months," says Dr. Khan at USC. Public health experts say the vaccines that are now available might not prevent reinfection by newer variants, but a new class of vaccines that could be out by this fall could provide wider protection.
"COVID is spread through the air, particularly in indoor spaces where people share the same air. And so what you can do to prevent reinfection is wear a mask indoors, particularly in a high risk situation where a lot of people congregate, like airports and grocery stores, Dr. Khan told the I-Team.
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