Colombian cyclist named Fernando Gaviria has become reinfected with the coronaviruis (COvid-19). It was previously thought in the mainstream that becoming infected once provided immunity, where one would not have to worry about reinfection.

However, as I stated on the site in May 2020 (Prince Charles Needs To Be Careful To Avoid Becoming Sick Again With The Coronavirus), one can become reinfected with the virus and it won't be the virus simply "shedding" as some thought (Man In Hong Kong Contracts Coronavirus For A Second Time Confirming Previous Site Claims).

In August, 3-months after my May article on the subject, it was announced a man in Hong Kong became reinfected with the coronavirus. Weeks after that case occurred, it was discovered a woman in Arizona had become reinfected with the coronavirus.

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The Pro Cyclist Who Caught Covid Twice

Eight months after his first bout with the virus, Colombia’s Fernando Gaviria tested positive again in October, making him one of the world’s first known cases of apparent reinfection.

Dec. 2, 2020 9:28 am ET - Back in February, when the sports world was still wondering how severe an outbreak of something called Covid-19 might be, a Colombian cyclist named Fernando Gaviria was finding out for himself.

Gaviria was doing his job, racing bikes in the United Arab Emirates, when he became one of the first international athletes to contract the coronavirus. The symptoms were harsh enough to land him in hospital for two weeks. “Back then we knew very little about the virus,” he wrote in an email.

By the time Gaviria was healthy enough to leave Abu Dhabi, his world was a more uncertain place. The sports calendar had been scrubbed. Entire countries were shutting down. But Gaviria’s virus ordeal seemed to come with a personal silver lining. Prevailing wisdom suggested he’d at least be immune for the foreseeable future.

That future lasted barely seven months. In October, Gaviria tested positive a second time. His reaction was sheer disbelief. “I was completely asymptomatic and felt OK,” he wrote...