New York is reporting about 15% of people have antibodies

[Seymour]

If one out of every seven people has antibodies - meaning they had Corona with symptoms or they had Corona and never even knew they had it - that means the death rate is going to exactly the same as the flu - in fact, the death rate is going to be less than the flu - doesn't sound all that scary when u tell me I have a better chance of dying from the flu

 

[X-Files]

If the death rate of the flu & C-19 are the same, but the chances of getting the latter is 3 times as much, then C-19 is a greater threat to one's life, assuming all other factors are equal. But there is too little known about this new virus. How do we know it won't just fade away & disappear in a few weeks or months. The SARS coronavirus did not last that long, relative to the flu, & it suddenly disappeared, never to be seen again:

"Where Has SARS Gone? The Strange Case of the Disappearing Coronavirus by Robert Peckham"

https://bioethics.georgetown.edu/20...e-disappearing-coronavirus-by-robert-peckham/

 

[SmallDaddy]

They say sunlight and humidity kills it.

But Brazil has it too pretty bad

And Arabic countries as well.

I guess we will see

 

[HarryCaray]

This is a big story. Main takeaways:

1. The death rate is greatly overstated. You've got the Mango's of the world throwing around 6-7%. It is almost certainly <1%.
2. Lockdowns may be slowing it a little, but they are not effective at stopping the spread. I have been reading the early results of the antibody studies and they are showing maybe 5% have had it, even in places that had very strict and early lockdowns.

 

[Enfuego]

When you read millions are asymptomatic for COVID it doesn't make it sound as bad as the media/models have made it out to be.

 

[Seymour]

When you read millions are asymptomatic for COVID it doesn't make it sound as bad as the media/models have made it out to be.

This NY finding says 15% have or had it - lets go with 7.5% to be extra safe - that means around 25,000,000 mil in the US have had the virus - we have about 50,000 dead - this makes the death rate 0.002% - or less than one half of one half of one percent - I will concede it's highly contagious but that's all ur getting from me

 

[Enfuego]

This NY finding says 15% have or had it - lets go with 7.5% to be extra safe - that means around 25,000,000 mil in the US have had the virus - we have about 50,000 dead - this makes the death rate 0.002% - or less than one half of one half of one percent - I will concede it's highly contagious but that's all ur getting from me

Not to mention not all the COVID related deaths are actually from COVID.

 

[macb]

21% in NYC gents. 15% was for the whole state. so many have had this and don't know it

 

[HarryCaray]

Roll call on the idiots. They are all quick to reply on any anti-Trump topic, or any doom and gloom report.
Why are they silent on this report? Doesn't fit the narrative?

 

[Heatwave]

Cause the numbers are all lies.....lies I say.

If you reopen, literally every single person in the world will die. Every single one.

I don't know how you posters above can live with yourselves advocating every single person will die.

hno:

 

[PatsFan1283]

We covered this yesterday, I don’t see what is interesting about the antibody report. It is around what everyone expected for NY.

 

[TimmyRules]

They say sunlight and humidity kills it.

But Brazil has it too pretty bad

And Arabic countries as well.

I guess we will see

not sure who “they” are but humidity does not kill it

warmer temps with LOW humidity

 

[Knightrofins]

not sure who “they” are but humidity does not kill it

warmer temps with LOW humidity

"They" was Trump back in February when he told us to wait until April when the weather gets warmer

 

[kidman232]

See my thread on here about millions & millions of people infected

 

[Seymour]

21% in NYC gents. 15% was for the whole state. so many have had this and don't know it

If that's the case the death rate is something like ONE HALF OF ONE HALF ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT

For those that don't like math - ur odds are like this

1) being eaten alive by a shark
2) dying from Covid
3) being eaten alive by a shark while simultaneously being struck by lighting

 

[azbob]

I agree with Heatwave, every single person in the world will die. Even if we remain in quarantine, every single person in the world will die. They will die from a variety of causes with about the same percentage of them dying from the flu and Covid.

Pats, what is interesting about the anti-body report is it shines a light upon the fact that we shut down the entire economy for a virus that has the same mortality rate as a bad flu season. I agree we should have shut down for a period in March because we didn't know. Now we do have a lot of facts and they all point to time to open up with heightened personal awareness of hygiene and personal space.

 

[PatsFan1283]

The death rate in NY probably be a little less than 1%....call it 25k dead on 2.7m infected

Your math is way off

 

[THawk+]

Not to mention not all the COVID related deaths are actually from COVID.

On top of many deaths not from Covid 19 being counted as Covid, the demographic of who is dying is pretty consistent.

Overwhelmingly older people above 70, people with multiple health issues.

These facts can't be debated.

For most of the population we should be out and about, working, eating, exercising, etc...
Protect the people who are at most risk.

The sooner we are all exposed to this, the sooner we can get back to normal.

Waiting for a vaccine is disingenuous as this virus, like most, will keep mutating.
This one seems to be mutating much more than other viruses according to what I have read.
We keep having more people being exposed to this and not being locked down
the virus will have less and less hosts to jump to.
Then it will dwindle or go away.

This is not rocket science, really need to do your research and reading on things
Nothing better than educating yourself on things.
I am always trying to learn, reading, studying up on many different subjects.

 

[X-Files]

An opinion:

HIV is one example of a virus that causes the body to produce antibodies, but these antibodies are ineffective at eliminating the virus and the person remains infectious.

There's so much we don't know about Covid-19. Scientists are still in the very early stages of learning about it. And an effective antibody test still needs to be developed. The ones on the market now are shoddy.

See also:

"[FONT=&quot]Recovered, almost: China's early patients unable to shed coronavirus"

[/FONT]https://ca.news.yahoo.com/recovered-almost-chinas-early-patients-052535874.html

 

[HacheMan]

If the death rate of the flu & C-19 are the same, but the chances of getting the latter is 3 times as much, then C-19 is a greater threat to one's life, assuming all other factors are equal. But there is too little known about this new virus. How do we know it won't just fade away & disappear in a few weeks or months. The SARS coronavirus did not last that long, relative to the flu, & it suddenly disappeared, never to be seen again:

"Where Has SARS Gone? The Strange Case of the Disappearing Coronavirus by Robert Peckham"

https://bioethics.georgetown.edu/20...e-disappearing-coronavirus-by-robert-peckham/

If everyone would stay home for just a few weeks maybe it would disappear.

But we are stubborn and as always think we know everything and won't listen