Dr. John Ionnides sharing his recent research analysis – just as he had suspected, validated with more data. Nevertheless, Covid-19 is more contagious than influenza, so it’s going to take out people with comorbidities faster and more efficiently. As these guys have been saying since March we need to invest more in protecting these precious people. If this is not encouragement to take better care of our bodies, I don’t know what is.
[We need a lot more antibody studies in areas other than Santa Clara County. It needs to be verified elsewhere.]
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USC & LA County Dept of Health are now reporting similar results w/ antibody tests. New York antibody tests are also showing high numbers. Two take-aways:
* Large portion of population has already had the virus
* Many were unaware they had been infected, making transmission from asymptomatic cases highly probable
Cannot discount the fact that we are losing many loved-ones to this virus. Stealth & efficient transmission via asymptomatic cases makes what appears to be a disease (w/ relatively low mortality rate) a serious global health problem.
Here is John Ionnides’ interview – long version:
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Short video update: