Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier...
by Lewton on Thursday April 16, 2020 @06:25PM
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Netherlands is currently at 30000 cases with 3000 dead, cfr of 10%. 20x infection would put the IFR at 0.5% which is well in line with what is expected
Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier...
by perl4ever on Thursday April 16, 2020 @05:22PM
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Possibly dumb question, how do we know someone with antibodies was exposed? The whole idea of vaccination is based on multiple things producing the same antibodies, so isn't it plausible there could be related viruses or genetic factors or something that would lead to antibodies for some people that hadn't been exposed?
Re:Coronavirus clue? Most cases aboard U.S. aircraft carrier...
by Barrin92 on Thursday April 16, 2020 @08:49PM
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Yes, there is the chance of false positives with antibody tests, in particular for other strains of Corona, but scientists can do a sample of antibody tests on people they know to have been infected with covid-19 and get a rate for false positives and take that into account.
The Heinsberg study isn't the only source pointing to this. Almost a month ago the NYT also ran a story on randomly tested Iranian airplane passengers which suggested that as of that time there may already have been 500k-5mil infections in the country.
https://www.straitstimes.com/world/europe/dutch-study-sugges...