A survey asked how scared people are of catching Covid19, adding an option to tick a box marked "This is not applicable to me because I have already had it ".
This seems stunning. It is perfectly well known that Covid19 can be contracted a second time. What is worse, unlike some infections, the second infection is more dangerous than the first, because the symptoms are more severe, the risk of dying is greater, and the Long Covid after effects are more damaging.
People taking a You Gov survey will not expect to be given life-risking dangerous misinformation. Early in the year, before much was known, there was an assumption that becoming infected would give immunity at least for a while. It seems however that the antibodies fade remarkably quickly, and that reinfection is possible shortly after recovering from the first illness.
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You Gov survey assumed having C19 once equals immunity
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20mum · 30/10/2020 00:07
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