Posted on 08/01/2021 2:15:33 PM PDT by karpov
Britain has seen its Delta surge wane rather quickly. And unlike the U.S., it is not flopping around in the half-dark about what’s going on. Thanks to biweekly blood-sample surveys, the U.K. government knows how many people have antibodies from vaccination and/or infection. Thanks to surveys and modeling it also has a good idea how many are currently infected, invariably a multiple of those who get a positive test.
This is infinitely more useful and relevant than any information U.S. authorities produce, a point starting to break through thanks to former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb’s appearances on CNBC.
Of particular interest are the antibodies of younger Brits, a majority of whom until recent days had yet to be vaccinated. As of June 14, 31.7% between the ages of 16 and 24 reported receiving the vaccine; 59.7% tested positive for Covid antibodies. Because older groups rushed to be vaccinated, this helped authorities understand the extent of natural immunity. For the record, 92% of Brits now show evidence of antibodies.
And America? Weirdly, we had to rely on guerilla statisticians like Youyang Gu of MIT to know how many might have had Covid. Models are imperfect but they bring us closer to the truth than “trackers” that currently highlight a total of 35 million positive tests, when it’s highly probable that at least 130 million Americans have contracted the virus. As for the antibody total that would tell us how near we are to herd immunity, forget it.
Dr. Gottlieb speculated on Friday that, precisely because so many now would be symptomless and not seek testing, it’s possible one million are being infected daily with the Delta variant, about 13 times the confirmed cases.
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“Why the hell aren’t you testing for antibodies?!” he said in his loudest Sam Kinison voice.
In the UK the Delta variant was a 60 day wonder. 60 days from when it began showing up, cases had dropped to pre-Delta levels.
India too.
“it’s possible one million are being infected daily with the Delta variant,”
Plausible.
CDC is saying as contagious as chickenpox, which has a R value of 10. That’s wildfire fast.
And it’s not as virulent.
As would be expected.
The Biden Regime and the corporate media are lying to Americans and the world.
Citizens need to fix this.
I just ignore all of it and sleep well.
I just ignore all of it and sleep well.
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Actually, getting enough sleep helps protect your immune system.
I believe they are pushing this hype in the USA much more because these pharmas stand to make more money here.
CDC: 11,940 DEAD 618,648 Injuries and 1,175 Unborn Babies DEAD Following COVID-19 Shots.
At this point, that’s not the issue. The issue is the antibody dependent enhancement among the vaccinated.
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