Up to 85 times more people than previously assumed have already had Covid-19 without showing significant symptoms, new research shows. This “reduces the danger of the disease accordingly.”
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Covid-19 death rate far lower than previous estimates
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“Here’s a sampling for L.A. County
A new serological study in Los Angeles County found that 28 to 55 times more people had Covid19 than previously assumed (without showing significant symptoms), which reduces the danger of the disease accordingly.”
Here’s one in Santa Clarita County
“A new serological study by Stanford University found antibodies in 50 to 85 times more people than previously thought in Santa Clara County, California, resulting in a Covid-19 lethality of 0.12% to 0.2% or even lower (i.e. in the range of severe influenza). Professor John Ioannidis explains the study in a new video.”
And near Boston, for good measure
“In the city of Chelsea near Boston, about one third of 200 blood donors had antibodies against the Covid19 pathogen. Half of them reported having experienced a cold symptom in the last month. In a homeless shelter near Boston, just over a third of the people tested positive, but nobody showed any symptoms.”
Source (and my favorite site) here: https://swprs.org/a-swiss-doctor-on-covid-19/. It is a compendium of factual information; whatever is learned about the virus is posted here. It has begun to add a few political happenings too.
http://publichealth.lacounty.gov/phcommon/public/media/mediapubhpdetail.cfm?prid=2328
(Thanks also to JNS and Earl for these links)
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