Canadians who have been infected twice with COVID-19 continue to experience a wide array of symptoms. According to experts, it remains difficult to predict whether reinfection with the Omicron variant will produce milder or more severe disease.
According to a report released by Quebec’s National Institute of Public Health in January, the province was seeing aboutEvidence suggests that getting reinfected with the Omicron variant is likely to result in for those who are vaccinated, said Dr. Lisa Barrett, an infectious disease specialist and professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax. However, it’s still possible for these people to experience severe bouts of COVID-19 during a subsequent infection, she said.
“It would be difficult to predict how one would react with a second infection, in the same way that it's quite difficult to predict what people will be like with a first infection,” said Kalina. Another factor to consider is whether or not a person is vaccinated against COVID-19 and how long ago they had their last dose, Barrett said. While experts have said that it is unlikely for people to be reinfected with the same strain of COVID-19 within three to four months after vaccination, it’s not impossible, Kalina said.
“Prevention is key … because you can't necessarily predict how severe the disease will be,” Kalina said.In Joan McKenzie’s case, the Toronto woman described her COVID-19 reinfection as much more severe than the symptoms she experienced during her initial infection months prior. The first time she was infected in December 2021, McKenzie said her symptoms included a painful sore throat, runny nose, lower back pain, body aches, and eye irritation, but “weren’t terrible.
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