Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year
by jcranmer on Monday July 06, 2020 @03:14PM
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> NYC had a 20% antibody rate back in April
NYC had a 20% antibody rate in a sample of people who were out shopping and consented to giving their blood for the study. That is enough potential sources of bias that assuming the general population had a 20% antibody rate strains credibility.
Re:Decision for 2020-21 Academic Year
by finolex1 on Monday July 06, 2020 @07:07PM
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People out and about shopping or working are also more likely to be the ones spreading the virus. So even though the 20% rate may be an overestimate, if the people more likely to be 'superspreaders' are now immune, that may reduce transmission.
NYC had a 20% antibody rate in a sample of people who were out shopping and consented to giving their blood for the study. That is enough potential sources of bias that assuming the general population had a 20% antibody rate strains credibility.