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Covid-19 struck US man twice, and second time was worse

The degree of protective immunity after a Covid-19 infection is one of the pandemic's great unknowns

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Suzi Ring | Bloomberg
The first study to investigate the case of a person in the U.S. who contracted Covid-19 twice found reinfection can occur swiftly and the second bout of illness can be more severe.

The research, published in the Lancet medical journal, examined the case of a 25-year-old man living in Nevada who became infected with two different genetic variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in less than two months. He tested negative twice in between, meaning he’s unlikely to have suffered a single prolonged infection.

The findings come as U.S. President Donald Trump says he’s immune to the virus after a single encounter. Any