Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus.
Experts say reinfection is caused by a number of factors -- including waning immunity and more transmissible variants -- but the risk is highest for those who are vulnerable to serious complications from COVID.There are several factors tied to a person's likelihood of being reinfected.shows the COVID-19 case rate for unvaccinated people was 81.11 per 100,000 -- more than three times higher than the rate of 25.81 per 100,000 among people fully vaccinated and boosted.
"The reality is three years into the pandemic, we know that infection is dependent on a variety of factors, including prior immunity," said Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist and chief innovation office at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor. "It's not impossible especially over a long period of time, with immunity waning, whether that's through infection or through vaccination.
Currently, no data suggests XBB.1.16 causes an increase in more severe illness, hospitalizations or deaths. Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a news conference at the Secretariat of Security and Civilian Protection in Mexico City, March 9, 2023."We still have concern about being thrown a curveball when it comes to variants," Brownstein said.
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