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Why would they exclude prior covid-19 infection? It seems like that would be the primary cohort to consider. June 27 to August 17th indicates 88% of the gener
by peteradio 4y ago
Why would they exclude prior covid-19 infection? It seems like that would be the primary cohort to consider. June 27 to August 17th indicates 88% of the general population had detectable nucleocapsid antibody [1] (that means exposure to Covid). Typically the age group 18-39 would have even higher levels of exposure based on prior reporting.
[1] https://covid19serohub.nih.gov/ https://covid19serohub.nih.gov/
- xyzzyz 4y agoI thought that prior infection had no relevance for subsequent immunity, otherwise why would they institute mandatory vaccination last year without any kind of exception for people who were already previously infected? This kind of obvious incoherency could cause loss of public trust in public health officials and regulations, and that would have been disastrous: people would then start second guessing the rules made by government officials, instead of unquestioningly following them. Only way this could have made sense if vaccination made a much stronger difference to your subsequent immune response than the actual disease itself.
- peteradio 4y agoYour sarcasm is as dry as a really dry parcel of uncooked food, like a bag of rice or maybe one of those astronaut food pouches.