There is some research going on into whether there are people who are truly genetically immune to sas cove two. Phoebe soy has now had covid in late january, and she actually finally did catch omicron. Maybe she had kind of cross protective immune responses from earlier infections. But those things are only really a buffer.
Although several countries around the world continue to have high rates of Covid-19 infections, including the UK and US, many of their citizens are yet to be infected with the Sars-Cov-2 virus. This includes countless individuals who have knowingly been exposed, often multiple times, but have still never had a positive test. Madeleine Finlay speaks to Linda Geddes about how scientists are trying to solve the mystery of why some people seemingly don’t catch Covid, and what could be behind this phenomenon. Help support our independent journalism at
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