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https://uk.yahoo.com/news/7-1-britons-previously-infected-004852800.html
Apparently over 7% of people in the UK have had the virus.
That's around 5 million of us.
They extrapolate this from random test results.
There is no reason to believe that this is an unrepresentative sample.
Reported cases in the UK according to Worldometer are 303,000
So for every person who notifies the authorities that they have it there are 14 or 15 who have had it and not realised.
So how are we ever going to stop it spreading if those figures are true ?
Looking like the herd immunity thesis will be the only way to go. |
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Back in the early stages here, people were told to stay home and weren't tested unless admitted to hospital. We'll probably only ever have an estimated figure of those numbers.
The volume of infections seems lowered now, so the bulk of the 7% was perhaps earlier on.
It's not infectious for long, so those known to be hit can isolate, as their contacts test and isolate.
We assume that there's some immunity after inflation but we are not certain, nor for how long. Herd immunity only works whilst c 60% or much higher, retain their immunity
An effective vaccine in conjunction with what we currently do, should be our likely best approach to stay rid of it |
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