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>In the US, 33-50% of the population apparently had antibodies pre-vaccination Where did that number come from? I have read more like 8% (https://www.thelance
by sgt101 6y ago
>In the US, 33-50% of the population apparently had antibodies pre-vaccination
Where did that number come from?
I have read more like 8% (https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)32009-2/fulltext https://www.thelancet.com/article/S0140-6736(20)32009-2/full...)
So - 2 to 3x... Nope. 8 - 10x.
What I want to know is why you have constructed this belief and want to propagate it when it is refuted by a google search in 10 seconds flat?
- maxerickson 6y agoI wonder if the theory that previously infected people are reacting more strongly to the first doses is true? I had no real reaction to the first one and a day of increased fatigue so far with the second. Anecdotally, many more people are having stronger reactions to the second.
- wk_end 6y agoYour article is from last September, using data from last July. It only takes ten seconds to google, but I guess it takes a few more to check timestamps or think critically about the results. Using more current antibody data, the CDC released updated estimates yesterday [0] that there have been ~115 million actual COVID infections in the US. That makes the 2x-3x number pretty reasonable (especially since herd immunity is supposed to kick in around 70%). [0] https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burden.html https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/burd...