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Protection from COVID reinfections plummeted from 80% to 5% with omicron

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A COVID-19 infection from a pre-omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 (such as alpha or delta) yielded around 80 percent protection from reinfection.

But, things changed in late 2021 with the emergence of omicron, which still reigns supreme today .

Omicron provided an initial protection of nearly 80 percent between the first three to six months after infection.

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