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Key Takeaways
COVID-19 cases are rising again in the United States.
However, availabledatashow a 12.5% increase in weekly COVID hospitalizations in late July to 9,056.
Were past the point of the pandemic where the virus overwhelms our healthcare system, Labus said.
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Anecdotally, many individuals who have caught COVID recently have reported milder symptoms and quicker recoveries, he added.
Is It Still Risky to Get Multiple COVID Infections?
The emergence of a new COVID strain can happen anytime, Boden-Albala warned.
Labus said COVID immunity tends to be short-lived, which might explain recurrent infections.
Even multiple infections wont result in a life-long immunity like we get from chickenpox or measles, Labus said.
What About Long COVID Risks?
For most healthy people, the greatest risk associated with a COVID infection these days is long COVID.
We will continue to study this disease for decades to come to really understand what it means.
We do know that the best way to avoid long COVID is to avoid COVID in the first place.
New strains of COVID will also continue to emergemeaning the virus and its severity can shift at any moment.
For the most recent updates on COVID-19, visit ourcoronavirus news page.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Long COVID or post-COVID conditions.
