[Grandpa Drudge]

There are several important points to be made:

1: In Connecticut, the survey estimates that 4.94 percent of the state’s population was positive for antibodies, after age and sex-standardizing to census data and after accounting for the sensitivity and specificity of the CDC assay used. The samples were collected between April 26 and May 3. Connecticut had the second-highest seroprevalence in the first round of the study. Blood samples from approximately 1,400 people in the state were tested.

2: That data was from early in this pandemic, well before the peak infection rate, and obviously much lower than the percentage that would test positive today.

3: Following the link to the CDC website seems to reveal that this was the most recent seroprevalence survey results produced to date.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/commercial-lab-surveys.html

4: In spite of the well documented importance of seroprevalence surveys to properly track, forecast, and manage response to this pandemic, apparently NOTHING is being done about seroprevalence surveys for Covid-19 today.

[Grandpa Drudge]

Here is the actual survey results, from the CDC Commercial Laboratory Seroprevalence Survey Data referenced in this thread:
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/cases-updates/commercial-lab-surveys.html

[backwoods-engineer]

This is also PROOF that health facilities keep your blood samples and use it for other reasons than what they tell you.

And "de-identified", my foot. Don't believe a word of it. They're building a DNA database.

[BeauBo]

They may have more recent data (they almost certainly do), but are not publishing it yet.

They might say that it needs to be verified and analyzed first - but they may be dragging their heels because of the implications of what they are seeing.

As you point out, it is likely that many more people have been exposed since the beginning of May - and death rates are dropping.

[Captain Compassion]

BUMP.

[zeestephen]

Does “seroprevalence” mean human antibodies or corona DNA?

Whichever one, you still have to worry that 1,400 preserved blood samples are not statistically representative of the general population.

In any event, I am glad they are making an effort to track the historical growth of this disease.

[zeestephen]

Sorry - I read right past the antibody statement.

Question withdrawn.

Thanks for posting.

[Nifster]

It doesn’t matter. Either you’ve had it or maybe you will get it

All the antibody testing does is lower the R0 and the over all mortality rate. We already know tjis is more like a bad flu than the Black Plague

Go. Live your life