More than 90% of Americans are vulnerable to Covid-19

[BlueWavePsych]

Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans show signs of past coronavirus infection, large national study finds

Fewer than 1 in 10 Americans showed signs of past infection with the novel coronavirus as of late July, suggesting that most of the country may still be vulnerable to infection, according to one of the largest studies of its kind published Friday in the journal the Lancet.

That proportion is an estimate based on the percentage of dialysis patients whose immune systems produced coronavirus antibodies. It does not indicate exactly how many Americans may be immune to the virus, because not every infected individual develops antibodies. It is also unclear how strong a defense antibodies might confer or for how long. But, combined with similar results from studies by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other institutions, it’s evident a large majority may not be protected against a disease that has already killed 200,000 Americans.

“We are still in the middle of the fight,” said Eli Rosenberg, a State University of New York at Albany epidemiologist who was not part of the study. “We’re all tired, and we’re all hoping for a vaccine. This shows us how it’s not over here, not even by a long shot.”

This means for every case diagnosed by a nasal or saliva swab in the country, about nine more people have antibodies for the coronavirus, the study estimated. Many people remain potentially at risk. “It basically does show that a minority of the U.S. population has evidence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 right now,” said study co-author Shuchi Anand, a nephrologist at Stanford University.

(WaPo) https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2020/09/25/coronavirus-immunity-us/

(MSN) https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/fewer-than-1-in-10-americans-show-signs-of-past-coronavirus-infection-large-national-study-finds/ar-BB19qXgh?li=BBnb7Kz

[Cicada]

1. This exposes a standard conservative lie, it's just like the flu

Liz Wheeler on OAN, and other conservatives, argued that the covid infection death rate Is much lower than advertised, maybe one tenth of one percent. That might match the flu. But based on blood samples collected for reasons unrelated to covid we find about 9% have had covid. We know more than 200,000 have died. If my math is correct, 200,000 divided by 30 million infected is more than six tenths of one percent. Six times as deadly as the flu.

[BlueWavePsych]

2. Early this year, a 5% fatality rate was common, worldwide.

Now, with better treatments, like common antihistamines to fight the cytokine storm, fatality rates are less than 1%. Still, if one is in a high risk groups, I wouldn't roll the dice since there are lifelong debilitating effects even after recovery.