How likely to catch again after 8 weeks ...

[dahliaaa]

I know no one can really answer but anyway.
I tested positive 8 weeks ago.
Got a big important family event later this week but didn't time indoors with neighbour yesterday and they have tested positive today. We were quite close together for a few mins - rest of time opposite sides of room.
(They seemed fine to me at the time although they are now saying that they felt like they were getting a cold !)
Anyway - im triple jabbed too not that that stops you getting it.
What are the chances ?

The same strain who knows ? A different strain apparently you could catch the next day as it's not the same as the one you already have some immunity for

It is possible. Dd had covid twice within 5 weeks. First time in December she caught off me and her dad and the second after school outbreak in jan - I was convinced she wouldn't get it from school but she did. But she's only 7, so not vaccinated obviously!

None of the rest us caught it the second time she had it after having it in December despite that was was practically coughing all over us.

I think Dd was just unlucky. Thankfully not really ill either time.

@Userno36372846 I've heard of lots of school children getting reinfected quickly but that's true about the vaccinations.
I'll keep my fingers crossed !

Well if you had it 8 weeks ago then it would have been Omicron so you are much less likely to catch the same strain again very quickly. Those in Nov/Early Dec would have been Delta which proved very little immunity against omicron which is why we were seeing reinfections.

@Delatron I hope so

Omicron BA.2 is already dominant in some parts of UK (and likely will be dominant in all parts soon-ish) and it's possible, though very uncommon, to be reinfected with BA.2 after infection with BA.1.

www.reuters.com/business/healthcare-pharmaceuticals/reinfections-with-omicron-subvariants-are-rare-danish-study-finds-2022-02-22/

Early December must have had Delta, todays positive must be omnicrom. Tooo annoying

Those in Nov/Early Dec would have been Delta which proved very little immunity against omicron which is why we were seeing reinfections.

I had covid at the end of November and have been in close contact with positive people on multiple occasions since then and not got it again. I think it's luck of the draw in what immune response your body had to the infection.

DD had it at Christmas and currently has it again

My niece had it twice, six weeks apart.

Recently had it twice, 8 weeks apart

Wow, I've had it twice but 13 months apart. I was hoping I wouldn't have it again for another 13 months.

Sorry for all those with it twice in quick succession.