SPOKE WITH A JACKSON PHYSICIAN ABOUT WHAT COULD BE GOING ON. ROSS ADAMS THERE ARE STILL SO MANY UNKNOWNS ABOUT COVID- 19 RESEARCHERS AND DOCTORS ARE STILL TRYING TO UNDERSTAND. ONE OF THOSE IS WHY SOME PEOPLE WHO BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH THE DISEASE GET IT A SECOND TIME. 3:17-3:23 <AND IT'S TYPICALLY RARE BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE WE HAVE FOUND OUT THEY HAVE HAD A SECOND CASE.> JACKSON PHYSICIAN DR. JUSTIN TURNER SAYS RESEARCHERS ARE WORKING TO DISCOVER WHAT'S GOING ON. THEY DON'T KNOW IF A PATIENT'S INITIAL INFECTION WENT DORMANT FOR A PERIOD AND SYMPTOMS RE- EMERGED WEEKS LATER. 3:45-3:57 DR. JUSTIN TURNER/INTERNAL MEDICINE SPECIALIST IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT JUST BECAUSE YOU HAD COVID-19 DON'T GO OUT I THINK IT CAN'T GET IT AGAIN. YES YOUR BODY DOES HAVE ANTIBODIES IT PROTECT YOU FOR A COUPLE WEEKS BUT I WOULD SUGGEST A COUPLE OF MONTHS.> DR. TURNER SAYS MANY CORONAVIRUS SURVIVORS HAVE NO LASTING SYMPTOMS. 7:14-7:27 <AND IF YOU HAVE THAT PERIOD OR AT LEAST A FEW WEEKS AND ALL OF A SUDDEN YOU GET SYMPTOMS AGAIN THAT LIKELY SUGGEST A REINFECTION A SECOND INFECTION AS OPPOSED TO A PROLONGATION OF THE FIRST.> ROSS ADAMS DOCTOR TURNER SAYS IT COULD TAKE YEARS BEFORE RESEACH TO REVEAL THE TRUTH. IF YOU'VE HAD THE VIRUS ALREADY, YOUR BEST BET IS TO FOLLOW CDC GUIDELINES. WEAR AND MASK, PRA