“Firstly,” he said in an email, coronaviruses “are not the type of virus group that reactivates like Epstein-Barr or Ebola.” The Epstein-Barr Virus (EBV), which is extremely common and best known for its
ability to cause mono, becomes latent in the body after an infection and can reactivate, though it does not always cause symptoms,
according to the CDC. Ebola has also been known to
become latent and then reactivate. Another virus with this ability is the varicella-zoster virus (VZV), which causes chicken pox and, when it reactivates,
shingles. Neither EBV, Ebola, nor VZV belongs to the class of viruses known as coronaviruses, which SARS-CoV-2 belongs to.