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> "Which part of the world has "natural immunity" to Covid? The fraction of people who had Covid compared to those who had not is almost negligible almost every
by Reason077 6y ago
> "Which part of the world has "natural immunity" to Covid? The fraction of people who had Covid compared to those who had not is almost negligible almost everywhere?"
It's been reported that more than half of the UK population now has Covid antibodies, either through recent infection or through vaccination:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/about-50-of-people-in-uk-have-antibodies-against-coronavirus https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/mar/30/about-50-of-pe...
- _Microft 6y agoGP is clearly not talking about vaccinations.
- midasuni 6y agoAbout 45% of the U.K. has had at least one vaccine shot
- Ichthypresbyter 6y agoThe most recent Dutch data has 21% of blood donors with antibodies. https://www.sanquin.nl/over-sanquin/nieuws/2021/03/corona-antistoffen-bij-meer-dan-21-van-donors https://www.sanquin.nl/over-sanquin/nieuws/2021/03/corona-an... Interestingly, the percentage is higher (26%) in the southern provinces of Limburg and Noord-Brabant, which were hit hardest by the first wave due to a combination of Carnival (only celebrated in those areas) and differently timed February school vacations. Some of this probably is a vaccination effect- they've noticed that women were more likely to have antibodies than men, and more of the female donors were healthcare workers.