New sub-variants are reinfecting people faster than ever, but experts hope multiple bouts will mean symptoms get less severe each time.
After two weeks isolating at home, Ms Colella returned a negative PCR test that allowed her to go back to her job in childcare, although she was still suffering the side effects of infection.
"Your prior immunological exposure, natural infection and vaccine history all probably plays into how you as the individual deal with your second infection," he said. Dr Wood said the BA.4 and BA.5 sub-variants of Omicron were able to evade both vaccine-induced immunity and infection from a previous variant.He said that over time, experts hope that as new variants come along, the population is more able to deal with them because of past infections or vaccination.
She isn't able to exercise as much as she did before she caught COVID and she's taking extra precautions to avoid getting infected again.
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