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Melody Schreiber

Coronavirus FAQ: I got COVID. Then I got it again. What's the deal with reinfection?

A positive result on a home COVID test. If you catch it once, can you catch it again? Turns out the answer is: Yes. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

We regularly answer frequently asked questions about life during the coronavirus crisis. If you have a question you'd like us to consider for a future post, email us at [email protected] with the subject line: "Weekly Coronavirus Questions." See an archive of our FAQs here.

You got sick with COVID back in January, so you figured you were done with the virus for a while. But then you began feeling a scratchy throat and a runny nose, took a home test just in case — and that second line blazed red once again.

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