• Riddick3001@lemmy.world
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    how tough it is to get through

    And it [the fever sickness] sometimes comes back they say. Is this true, or do they get bitten again?

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      I haven’t heard of that case before, i don’t think it’s documented. What i heard is there’s like a few variant(4? 6?) of the virus, where you will be immuned to the one you recovered from, but not the other variant. So you can only get it for a few times, assuming you can survive all.

      Edit: just checked, 4 confirmed type, and lifelong immunity.

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        Yeah that’s what people have told me. But I never understood it either. Afaik there are 4 variants, but when you get stung by a certain other kind of one of the variants can cause complications iirc.