Re:The epidemiologist behind Sweden’s controversial coronavi...
by atourgates on Thursday April 23, 2020 @12:02PM
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I agree totally. I haven't seemed much informed discussion along these lines, but the only two possabilities I see are:
1) The antibody studies are incorrect, and over-counting the infection rate.
2) COVID-19 spreads much more easily than influenza, and so a large percentage of the population has become infected much quicker than typical influenza spread patterns.
Neither option is great, though to me of the two, #2 seems more hopeful, since assumedly we'd get herd immunity relatively quickly.
1) The antibody studies are incorrect, and over-counting the infection rate.
2) COVID-19 spreads much more easily than influenza, and so a large percentage of the population has become infected much quicker than typical influenza spread patterns.
Neither option is great, though to me of the two, #2 seems more hopeful, since assumedly we'd get herd immunity relatively quickly.