There were initial reports that it was being noticed in South Korea that people who had recovered from coronavirus had been re-infected, which was yet something else for the media to try and “spark fears” over:
South Korea reported Friday that almost 100 patients thought to have recovered from the new coronavirus had tested positive again, sparking fears that populations could become re-infected with COVID-19.
— Global Edmonton (@GlobalEdmonton) April 10, 2020
As it apparently turns out, there’s a different explanation for why people who had recovered from coronavirus had subsequently tested positive again:
South Korea admits 292 coronavirus 'reinfections' were false positives https://t.co/FD8gux8lsL
— Daily Mail Online (@MailOnline) April 30, 2020
Korea now seems to think the so-called "re-infections" it found are actually just false positives. A lot of smart epidemiologists thought this was likely the case all along, so not a huge surprise, but passing this along for people who freaked out earlier.https://t.co/C3iIjxDr7S
— Nate Silver (@NateSilver538) April 29, 2020
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'A clinical expert panel on Wednesday also concluded that recovered coronavirus patients who later test positive for the virus again were not “reactivated” or reinfected, but were false positives.'https://t.co/dHtZ3AtcaH
— Professor Karol Sikora (@ProfKarolSikora) April 30, 2020
That’s certainly a far more likely explanation!
you need to forward this to CNN and their fake news friends
Of course, they'll ignore yougood news in virus front is forbidden
it's election year afterall— Anti-Panic 2020 (@PMs_AgAu) April 29, 2020
You don’t say?
— Sarre Baldassarri (@sarregoeswest) April 30, 2020
I'll take this potentially good news in the midst of this tragedy
— Brad (@BradBurch16) April 29, 2020
Not that we fully expect the mainstream media to stop trying to panic people about it.