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Right after being recovered from COVID-19, can I maintain my immunity by constantly being in contact with the virus, intentionally?
I'm a 24-year-old boy and I recently recovered from COVID-19. It was a hard time for me and my family and I want to prevent it from happening again. I'm wondering can I maintain my immunity by constantly being in contact with the virus, intentionally?
By intentionally, I meant to avoid wearing face masks when not obligated, putting my fingers in my mouth after touching surfaces in public places etc, IN ORDER TO supply my body every day with particles of the coronavirus so my immune system doesn't forget about the virus and continues to produce antibodies constantly. My hypothesis is that if I do this I can't get reinfected after, let's say 3 months. Am I right?
3 Answers
- Lab GuyLv 65 months ago
You are assuming a personal immunity to severe disease because of your past infection means that if you are exposed to the virus again you won't pass it on. We don't know that in absolute terms.
We don't know how long immunity lasts and what constitutes that immunity if it only includes being immune to severe disease and no longer capable of passing the virus on or if immunity is only limited to not getting severely ill and capable of passing on the virus the next time you are exposed.
Typhoid Mary killed many people while she never got sick so you don't want that kind of immunity.
Wear masks, social distance and wash your hands until this virus is completely and fully characterized.
