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San Miguel county in Colorado has found 0.5% of their population has confirmed antibodies after doing 1600+ tests (out of 8,000 people in the county). As anoth
by enjo 6y ago
San Miguel county in Colorado has found 0.5% of their population has confirmed antibodies after doing 1600+ tests (out of 8,000 people in the county).
As another data point, the theory of this thing being widespread in the population seems far fetched to me.
- arcticbull 6y agoWell, Gangelt showed 15% had antibodies (subject to, potentially fair criticisms re: methodology) so I think it's fair to say it varies by locale. While I understand that many folks from Wuhan travel all over the United States, the non-stop options from Wuhan to NYC and, if I recall correctly, SFO and LAX meant that more opportunities existed for early spread than the middle of Colorado. In fact, I can't actually pinpoint a city in San Miguel County, Colorado -- can you? (https://goo.gl/maps/F7CJ3yfDKaf1gQjDA https://goo.gl/maps/F7CJ3yfDKaf1gQjDA) I guess there's a post office in Egnar... Telluride maybe? Certainly the sparse population created natural social distancing precluding its spread.
- aodin 6y agoSan Miguel County is home to Telluride ski resort, an international destination with about half a million visits per year [1] [1] https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_1547199f-46bc-5479-bb67-2b2818ee2d08.html https://www.telluridenews.com/news/article_1547199f-46bc-547...
- arcticbull 6y agoTrue, population 2484.
- aianus 6y agoThe strain that is widespread in New York is the European strain: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavirus-cases-europe-genomes.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/08/science/new-york-coronavi...
- arcticbull 6y agoVery cool! I wonder if that's true in the Bay Area too.
- Gibbon1 6y agoI like how a factual point that goes against HN wishful thinking gets downvoted.