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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
World
Eric Berger

Does Covid reinfection bring more health risks – or make you ‘super immune’?

People wearing masks pass by a Covid testing site in New York City on 12 December.
People wearing masks pass by a Covid testing site in New York City on 12 December. Photograph: Eduardo Muñoz/Reuters

A recent study states that Covid-19 reinfections could pose additional risks to people’s long-term health – as compared to only getting Covid once – however, some infectious disease experts in the US disagree that there is evidence showing repeat infections are more dangerous.

The issue of the impact of repeated infections is becoming a crucial one in the United States as the Covid-19 pandemic is now tailing off amid a widespread relaxation of any social distancing or restrictions, which has seen many people catch the virus two or more times.

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