Notable

This morning I had meetings with two of my colleagues based in Wuhan. Of course we had to take some time to chat about current events. Both of them mentioned the news of the new outbreak in the Chinese city of Qingdao - notable because it's the first time in several months that transmission between people was recorded within China.

One colleague also told me about the recent autumn holiday they celebrated - usually people would travel to visit their families, but since he was locked down with his extended family for several months earlier this year, I don't think he was eager to travel back and see them again! 

My other colleague told me more about their day-to-day life - as the number of infections have increased in China and Wuhan, they're starting to wear masks more, decontaminate items they bring into their home, etc. Her daughter has been going to school, where the young children don't wear masks, but she said recently she came home with another kid's mask in her backpack!

Another piece of notable news this week is that the first case of COVID reinfection in the US was recorded. The young patient had a mild case earlier this year, and a more severe case several months later, but has since recovered. A handful of reinfections have been confirmed worldwide, but I wouldn't be surprised if there were more that we don't know about - it's probably an anomaly that a reinfection is worse than the original case, or that it's noticeable at all, because most people's bodies are doing what they are supposed to and fight off the virus as they learned to do the first time around. Just goes to show that it's unlikely having COVID makes you "immune," regardless of what the president says...