📄 Antibodies in New York Suggest High Infection Rate

April 20 - April 24, 2020
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26.4 Million Unemployed: Another 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment last week, bringing the sum in the past five weeks to 26.4 million, well surpassing the total number of U.S. jobs gained over the past ten years. 26.4 million translates to about 1 in 6 working Americans who have recently lost a job.

Antibodies in New York: Preliminary rounds of antibody testing in New York found that some 14% of the population in the state had antibodies present, suggesting they have already had exposure to the virus. The percentage in New York City was about 21%. If such rates hold true, the coronavirus death rate would be much lower than previously thought. NY Governor Andrew Cuomo was keen to stress, however, that because the samples were small, concl…