It shows how many have the antibodies. But how many fought it off without the need for new antibodies, and how many Spanish are susceptible to the virus in the first place? I am getting the impression from this crisis that the science of immunity is still rather young. Fair?
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Replying to @sleuthsome @Birdyword
Isn't every human susceptible? We all have ACE2 proteins, so were all susceptible? If your body fights off the virus, it's by making antibodies for the virus?
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Replying to @SanGringoCorp @Birdyword
Well I am not sure that’s necessarily true - there are other forms of physiological defence than antibodies, I believe. And even if there aren’t then some will be *more* susceptible than others, whether due to lifestyle, climate, living arrangements etc.
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More likely to die or have a serious case once infected isn't "more susceptible" to infection. There's no known population or subpopulation that is less susceptible and there's no reason to expect there to be one.
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People living in sparse villages may be less susceptible to infection than those living cheek-by-jowl in cruise ships, right? The inhabitants of leafy Cornwall may be less susceptible than the inhabitants of London?
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Spanish flu was less transmissible and spread to every town and city in the world 100 years ago when there was far less international travel and far less local mobility.
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It seems like it might be too late with this virus, but there is a possibility it's contained and burns out before it reaches more remote populations
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"We" couldn't test and isolate 10 or 100 cases; testing and isolating 20,000 cases is millions of times more difficult.
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