Comments on: Did You Already Have Coronavirus in January or February? https://habitablezone.com/2020/04/30/did-you-already-have-coronavirus-in-january-or-february/ Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:45:30 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2020/04/30/did-you-already-have-coronavirus-in-january-or-february/#comment-44490 DanS Fri, 01 May 2020 19:58:30 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81362#comment-44490 The body builds many immediate defenses on an as-needed basis and so are considered untestable. A person testing negative for a certain antibody may construct the antibody once it is needed. The human body is a vast, complicated laboratory loaded with chemicals, and there are no sure answers. The body builds many immediate defenses on an as-needed basis and so are considered untestable. A person testing negative for a certain antibody may construct the antibody once it is needed.

The human body is a vast, complicated laboratory loaded with chemicals, and there are no sure answers.

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2020/04/30/did-you-already-have-coronavirus-in-january-or-february/#comment-44481 Robert Fri, 01 May 2020 03:08:46 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81362#comment-44481 But the list of symptoms associated with covid-19 keeps growing, to the point where it seems like anything even slightly out of the ordinary <i>might</i> be a sign of a coronavirus infection. In the first couple of months of the year, I had occasional blips of elevated temperature, sniffles, the occasional cough or sneeze, aches and pains, you name it. Only an antibody test can say for sure. For a while, I took comfort in the thought that if I had a mild case, it might confer immunity at little or no cost. But now they (WHO, et al) aren't sure that immunity happens, so...now what? But the list of symptoms associated with covid-19 keeps growing, to the point where it seems like anything even slightly out of the ordinary might be a sign of a coronavirus infection. In the first couple of months of the year, I had occasional blips of elevated temperature, sniffles, the occasional cough or sneeze, aches and pains, you name it. Only an antibody test can say for sure.

For a while, I took comfort in the thought that if I had a mild case, it might confer immunity at little or no cost. But now they (WHO, et al) aren’t sure that immunity happens, so…now what?

]]> By: Robert https://habitablezone.com/2020/04/30/did-you-already-have-coronavirus-in-january-or-february/#comment-44479 Robert Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:47:05 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81362#comment-44479 We need the virus and antibody tests NOW We need the virus and antibody tests NOW

]]> By: DanS https://habitablezone.com/2020/04/30/did-you-already-have-coronavirus-in-january-or-february/#comment-44478 DanS Thu, 30 Apr 2020 20:15:33 +0000 https://www.habitablezone.com/?p=81362#comment-44478 <blockquote><center><a href="https://www.livescience.com/covid-antibody-test-results-new-york-test.html" rel="nofollow"><strong>1 in 5 People Tested in New York City had Antibodies for the Coronavirus</strong></a> <font size="2" color="white">It's not yet clear if those people are now immune to the virus.</font></center> By Yasemin Saplakoglu | Staff Writer <b>Editor’s Note: Additional testing found that 24.7% of people in New York City had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday (April 27). In Westchester/Rockland, 15.1% people tested positive; in Long Island 14.4% tested positive; and in the rest of the state 3.2% tested positive. The state has conducted 7,500 tests so far. In total, 14.9% of people statewide tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.</b> <b>LIVE SCIENCE - April 23, 2020 |</b> Nearly 1 in 7 people in New York who were randomly tested for coronavirus antibodies turned out to have them, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today (April 23). In New York City, the number is even higher: About 1 in 5 people tested positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2. If those early results translate to the rest of the New York population, that would mean about 2.7 million people across the state would have been infected. The antibodies suggest these people were exposed at one point to the coronavirus and recovered, Cuomo said. However, it is still not known whether or not these people are now immune to it. </blockquote>

1 in 5 People Tested in New York City had Antibodies for the Coronavirus
It’s not yet clear if those people are now immune to the virus.

By Yasemin Saplakoglu | Staff Writer

Editor’s Note: Additional testing found that 24.7% of people in New York City had tested positive for coronavirus antibodies, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Monday (April 27). In Westchester/Rockland, 15.1% people tested positive; in Long Island 14.4% tested positive; and in the rest of the state 3.2% tested positive. The state has conducted 7,500 tests so far. In total, 14.9% of people statewide tested positive for coronavirus antibodies.

LIVE SCIENCE – April 23, 2020 | Nearly 1 in 7 people in New York who were randomly tested for coronavirus antibodies turned out to have them, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today (April 23). In New York City, the number is even higher: About 1 in 5 people tested positive for antibodies to SARS-CoV-2.

If those early results translate to the rest of the New York population, that would mean about 2.7 million people across the state would have been infected.

The antibodies suggest these people were exposed at one point to the coronavirus and recovered, Cuomo said. However, it is still not known whether or not these people are now immune to it.

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