//Not too bad when a population has no prior exposure, but we still wont know more accurate results until we give more thorough antibody tests.//
Which will only drive the survival rate up and the mortality rate LOWER. If the timeline is off, which as pretty much been proven, then a lot more people were exposed and survived. Also, it is likely that some of the ‘flu’ deaths were Covid.
Mr. R and I both had what they called then a “severe respiratory virus” last January. As did about a third of our congregation. We tested negative for the flu and were both given Zpac, and steroid inhalers. The symptoms match and we had been in Chinatown about a week before we got sick. Now both of our doctors (separate practices) agree that is was very likely Covid. I think we are much further along towards herd immunity than anyone realizes.