GREENSBORO, N.C. — The COVID-19 pandemic is seemingly never-ending yet ever-evolving. Researchers are racing against the clock to find out all of its facts and long-term effects, all while trying to develop a vaccine.
VERIFY QUESTION
Good Morning Show viewer Weslyn tweeted at WFMY News 2's Meghann Mollerus asking for information on whether people can contract COVID-19 twice. She said there is so much information floating around Facebook, and she'd like facts.
VERIFY SOURCES
- Cynthia Snider, MD -Cone Healthmedical director of infection prevention
- Kelly Connor -NC Department of Health and Human Services communications manager
- Centers for Disease Control
- "Reinfection could not occur in SARS-CoV-2 infected rhesus macaques" paper fromPeking Union Medical College Hospital
VERIFY PROCESS
On the CDC's page of "frequently-asked questions" about COVID-19, it explains it does not yet understand the immune response -- including duration of immunity. But, patients who have contracted other beta-coronaviruses, like MERS, are unlikely to be re-infected shortly after recovery.
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