I find this immensely frustrating There is actually not really any evidence at all that serology surveys are 'flawed' or 'dramatically underestimate' how many people have had COVID-19 Sighpic.twitter.com/Q8yWz2FHgV
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Moreover, if you actually look at the IgA vs IgG positives in the study, you'll see that there are only a tiny fraction (~4%) who are IgA positive but not IgG positive
Completely contradicting the editorial
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So, the evidence that this editorial cites in favor of its argument appears to completely contradict the main point, which is...not great And yet, reported as fact As I said, sigh
More broadly, we know that the antibody tests for COVID-19 are pretty good, and probably don't miss a huge proportion of people who have actually had the disease https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m2516 …pic.twitter.com/O5vRLc0yY8
I wrote this up in a rapid response to the article which has now been publishedhttps://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3364/rapid-responses …
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