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Seroprevalence only measures anti-body resistance, but SARS-CoV-2 is quite similar to common cold viruses and it appears many people have pre-existing immunity
by thu2111 6y ago
Seroprevalence only measures anti-body resistance, but SARS-CoV-2 is quite similar to common cold viruses and it appears many people have pre-existing immunity to it for that reason. Or so goes the theory.
The 20% antibody threshold seems to be fairly common across many countries however, at least outside non-China Asia/Pacific countries that were not badly affected at all. The body learns how to fight viruses and can do so quite quickly.