With the proliferation of new variants of the covidhow omicron, reinfection rates have increased dramatically. A two or more virus infection is certainly more likely if you are not vaccinated, have been vaccinated for a long time or have been ill for a long time, perhaps with a different variant. According to the Higher Institute of Health, cases of reinfection as of March 16 were 264,634, equal to 3% of the total. A growing number: By the month of December, prior to the advent of Omicron, the total number of new infections was about 1% of cases.
Reinfections are mainly related to the high contagiousness of Omicron, but not only that. Other factors are the type of vaccine and booster, the variant one is first infected with, the presence of other diseases. All of these elements cause the likelihood of contagion to vary from person to person. “Many people are now becoming infected with Omicron despite vaccination because All vaccines used are based on the Wuhan virus that was circulating in China two years ago,” he told Corriere della Sera Mario Clerici, Immunologist from the State University of Milan. The arrival of Omicron 2, which has a transmission rate of more than 30% compared to Omicron 1, did not help a few weeks ago.
However, to weigh the possibility of reinfection would also be the genetic characteristics of each. According to Clerici, some people are actually more susceptible to viruses: “The strength of the immune response is genetically determined and each of us is unique in that sense. This vulnerability, while not generalizable, is common to all viruses.”
