How often can you get Covid?

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🗓️ 1 June 2022

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Does your immunity still last for months? We asked a researcher who has been studying omicron reinfections. This episode was produced by Jon Ehrens, edited by Matthew Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard, engineered by Paul Mounsey, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Okay, so I got COVID about a month ago and I wouldn't recommend it, but I was relieved
0:09.6	that it meant I'd essentially be immune for the summer.
0:14.7	Right?
0:15.7	Right?
0:16.7	That's how it works.
0:20.6	No one seems to be sure anymore.
0:22.4	Like some people tell me, oh yeah man, you're good for three months and other people tell
0:25.6	me, I know someone who got it again in six weeks and some people just laugh at me
0:29.9	and are like, okay, yeah, you're immune for the summer, whatever you say, guy.
0:33.7	I don't know what to believe anymore or who to believe anymore.
0:39.0	So on today, explained, we're going to ask a scientist who's been studying Omicron
0:44.6	Reinfections in South Africa, no less, where Omicron was first reported to the World Health
0:50.3	Organization.
0:52.0	Answers, at least as far as we know, are coming up.
0:59.5	In a world where change is accelerating, how do we find meaning, comfort and connection?
1:05.1	Whatever your spiritual beliefs, if any, the PRX podcast How God Works offers a rare
1:10.0	combination of cutting-edge science and ancient wisdom meant to help us all grapple with some
1:14.5	of life's biggest questions.
1:16.4	Join me, Dave Dostino, for season three.
1:19.0	From meditation to psychedelics and burning man to techshabot, we're going to take a look
1:23.2	at what role spirituality might play in what comes next, available on Apple Podcasts
1:28.2	or wherever you listen.
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