Here is the worrying part:
“In this context, the detection of 2019-nCoV and a high sputum viral load in a convalescent patient (Patient 1) arouse concern about prolonged shedding of 2019-nCoV after recovery.”
“After recovery”
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OK Farcesensitive- HERE’S THE FULL PARAGRAPH:
The fact that asymptomatic persons are potential sources of 2019-nCoV infection may warrant a reassessment of transmission dynamics of the current outbreak. In this context, the detection of 2019-nCoV and a high sputum viral load in a convalescent patient (Patient 1) arouse concern about prolonged shedding of 2019-nCoV after recovery. Yet, the viability of 2019-nCoV detected on qRT-PCR in this patient remains to be proved by means of viral culture.
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Note that Patient 1 has a high viral load and is described as convalescent—meaning not fully recovered. And the viability remains to be proven by means of viral culture—meaning they don’t know—they are theorizing.
However, the high viral load is such that they think that there could be prolonged shedding after recovery—they don’t know yet. This is not unusual for a virus—it simply means that your body is going to continue getting rid of the foreign stuff.
When writing for the general public, I think the article should probably have used the term APPARENT RECOVERY, because I would not use the term recovered, if the patient is still contagious in any manner(too confusing).
Once the viral cultures are done, and they know the viability of the remaining virus-we’ll know more—Will sneezes and coughing still be contagious? Will it be only blood borne/bodily fluids/feces-whatever —maybe nothing or maybe something. TBD
However no where did it even begin to try to say that someone recovered and got it again. Which is what CJ’s comment was.
AND HERE IS CJ WOLF’S COMMENT:
Nope, but if you can get it and recover and get it again sounds like you haven’t really gotten rid of it. This data is a month old collection and Cases are reoccurring in people that have had it, already?
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I agree that it remains speculative at this point, I’m just pointing out that they are speculating continued shedding after recovery.
I would assume that the person would be immune and not “catch it again” and that they would be less likely to give it to someone else after they recovered.
But there are diseases that don’t ever leave your system even after you beat them and sometimes they can be passed to others.
This may be one of those, or it may not.