94% of Adults in England Have Covid-19 Antibodies

criticaltinker 2021-08-19 14:54:01 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Even if you don't have detectable levels of antibodies - if you've been previously infected or vaccinated - you will likely have robust and durable immunity that greatly reduces the risk of hospitalization and death [1][2][3].

[1] SARS-CoV-2 infection induces long-lived bone marrow plasma cells in humans https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03647-4.pdf

[2] Longitudinal analysis shows durable and broad immune memory after SARS-CoV-2 infection with persisting antibody responses and memory B and T cells https://www.cell.com/cell-reports-medicine/fulltext/S2666-37...

[3] Rapid induction of antigen-specific CD4+ T cells is associated with coordinated humoral and cellular immune responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination https://www.cell.com/immunity/fulltext/S1074-7613(21)00308-3

neverminder 2021-08-19 11:42:50 +0000 UTC [ - ]

I'm curious how they got this number, considering "Antibody tests are not widely available yet" according to NHS (https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/coronavirus-covid-19/testing/a...).

_Microft 2021-08-19 12:03:59 +0000 UTC [ - ]

You can follow some links on the page you linked to and end up on one called "COVID-19 Infection Survey: methods and further information". This is a direct link to the section "Sampling" there:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...

meheleventyone 2021-08-19 12:03:57 +0000 UTC [ - ]

The UK surveys the population regularly.

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthan...

cr1pablo 2021-08-19 13:28:45 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Why stats says that the vaccination rate in UK are 62% (https://g.co/kgs/jnTxhM) and this post say that is 80%?

ejolto 2021-08-19 13:31:28 +0000 UTC [ - ]

It's probably 62% of the entire population including children, and 80% of adults.

helge9210 2021-08-19 11:41:43 +0000 UTC [ - ]

Finally.