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The original ONS (Office for National Statistics) analysis is here: https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseas
by stevesimmons 5y ago
The original ONS (Office for National Statistics) analysis is here:
https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/articles/coronaviruscovid19latestinsights/antibodies https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...
Much more detail, more rigorous, primary source, and no pay wall.
(@dang: maybe use this as the post's URL?)
- criticaltinker 5y agoGreat source and includes the downloadable data, thanks for sharing. > While antibody positivity in the oldest age groups remains high, it decreased slightly in some regions and countries. This means that some people in these groups did not have enough antibodies to be detected in the test, not that they do not have any immune protection against the virus. I found that sentence intriguing, here is the link they recommend for more information to explain why people might still have immune protection even with low (undetectable) levels of antibodies [1]. [1] https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/04/28/antibodies-and-immunity-how-do-they-relate-to-one-another/ https://blog.ons.gov.uk/2021/04/28/antibodies-and-immunity-h...