Re:Study finds people have short-lived immunity to seasonal ...
by Izkata on Tuesday September 29, 2020 @03:15PM
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> That prediction turned out to be really incorrect as cases in the US exploded in the summertime when they were expected to wane.
Deaths aren't tracking cases, and the tests are probably too sensitive [0], so for all we know it really did wane in the summer. We're in a weird place with this virus in that we don't do anywhere near this extensive testing for other viruses, so we don't actually know if this is normal or not.
Deaths aren't tracking cases, and the tests are probably too sensitive [0], so for all we know it really did wane in the summer. We're in a weird place with this virus in that we don't do anywhere near this extensive testing for other viruses, so we don't actually know if this is normal or not.
[0] https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testin...