Contrary to the view that the virus responsible for Covid-19 has become milder since the pandemic began nearly three years ago, a new study is showing that every time a person gets reinfected, it increases the chance of serious health issues such as kidney disease, organ failure, mental health problems, or even death, regardless of their vaccination status.
Dr Ziyad Al-Aly of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, who headed the study involving almost 5.8 million people treated under the Veterans Affairs Health system in the US, said, “Reinfection with COVID-19 increases the risk of both acute outcomes and long COVID. This was evident in unvaccinated, vaccinated and boosted people.”
Patients who have been reinfected face over double the risk of death and more than triple the risk ofThere are also higher risks for reinfected patients for problems with the lungs, heart, blood, kidneys, diabetes, mental health, bones and muscles, and neurological disorders.
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