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Yes, You Can Get COVID-19 A Second Time. And Several Hundred Coloradans Have
Colorado has had cases of both the B.1.1.7 variant first detected in Great Britain and the L452R variant first reported in Denmark.
February 9, 2021
(CBS4) – The arrival of new strains of coronavirus in Colorado means people can get sick with COVID-19 a second time. That’s according to CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida.
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Colorado has had cases of both the B.1.1.7 variant which was first detected in Great Britain and the L452R variant first reported in Denmark.
“I have people who are ill and you say you want to do a COVID test on them and they say ‘Wait, I’ve already had COVID. I can’t be infected again,'” Hnida said in an interview on CBSN Denver. “And the answer to that is, it’s possible you could be.”
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