Far more people may have been infected by coronavirus in one California county, study estimates

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Far more people may have been infected with Covid-19 than have been confirmed by health officials in Santa Clara County, California, according to a study released Friday in preprint

The study used an antibody blood test to estimate how many people had been infected with Covid-19 in the past. Other tests, like those performed with nasal swabs or saliva, test for the virus' genetic material, which does not persist long after recovery, as antibodies do."We found that there are many, many unidentified cases of people having Covid infection that were never identified with it with a virus test," said Dr.

"All of the projection models have this as an input: how many people have been infected today," Bhattacharya said."It just helps us plan better," he added."Before, we were making policy in the dark."A Stanford University study used antibody tests to determine the prevalence of coronavirus infections in Santa Clara County, California.The research may also give a more realistic sense of how deadly the virus really is.

 

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God Bless you Charles Barkley! Genuine! You have grown well!

No problem...give illegals our tax dollars & let felons out of prison...lol

This will be true across the entire country!

Hey cnn, this is a dangerous headline that folks can spin in many ways, particularly given you omit the statistic that it is still only 2-4% of the population.

Ask yourself 'what can I do today for someone else... nothing big, just a small gesture of kindness'.

You know this actually hurts your narrative right, stupid!

may have

So sad, boo hoo. 🥺

Hmmm how interesting that CA appeared to have such low numbers.

Any of the 4000 criminals released

Obviously.

Not news but that’s exactly what you’d expect from CNN

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