Blood samples from 2019 were tested for COVID19 in the US.
"Out of the 7,389 samples, 106 of them tested positive for coronavirus antibodies. Of those, 39 were collected from California, Oregon, and Washington from December 13th to December 13th." (quote from 1st source)
Unless blood doners are more prone to having contracted COVID19, we can deduct from this data that 1,4% of Americans already had the virus by mid January, and 0,5% by December 13th. This means, there were millions (!) of cases in the US in December 2019.
It is weird that the headlines do not support this conclusion. Am I missing something?
[Disclaimer: I am against naming it the American virus; I just wonder how Trump would react if COVID19 originated in the US]
https://bgr.com/2020/12/01/coronavirus-usa-first-cases-early-december-2019-cdc-antibodies-study/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-weeks-before-first-case-reported/6475864002/
"Out of the 7,389 samples, 106 of them tested positive for coronavirus antibodies. Of those, 39 were collected from California, Oregon, and Washington from December 13th to December 13th." (quote from 1st source)
Unless blood doners are more prone to having contracted COVID19, we can deduct from this data that 1,4% of Americans already had the virus by mid January, and 0,5% by December 13th. This means, there were millions (!) of cases in the US in December 2019.
It is weird that the headlines do not support this conclusion. Am I missing something?
[Disclaimer: I am against naming it the American virus; I just wonder how Trump would react if COVID19 originated in the US]
https://bgr.com/2020/12/01/coronavirus-usa-first-cases-early-december-2019-cdc-antibodies-study/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...-weeks-before-first-case-reported/6475864002/