Also note that the Icelandic researchers estimate the death rate for Covid-19 at only 0.3%! That compares to 0.1% for influenza (e.g. WHO)!
Anybody who is not familiar with Iceland: Iceland is one of the top countries in the world when it comes to e.g. genetic research like inheritance etc.
"A sweeping survey in Iceland shows that antibodies against the new coronavirus endure in the body for four months after infection. This counters earlier evidence suggesting that these important immune molecules disappear quickly. The antibody levels of more than 1,200 people who had recovered from COVID-19 rose during the two months after diagnosis, plateaued and then remained at the same level for the duration of the study."
"A sweeping survey in Iceland shows that antibodies against the new coronavirus endure in the body for four months after infection. This counters earlier evidence suggesting that these important immune molecules disappear quickly. The antibody levels of more than 1,200 people who had recovered from COVID-19 rose during the two months after diagnosis, plateaued and then remained at the same level for the duration of the study."
Evidence???
"Our results indicate that antiviral antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 did not decline within 4 months after diagnosis. We estimate that the risk of death from infection was 0.3% and that 44% of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland were not diagnosed by qPCR."
Nature Briefing (9/7/2020)
Link to the underlying research paper (open access):
Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland
"Our results indicate that antiviral antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 did not decline within 4 months after diagnosis. We estimate that the risk of death from infection was 0.3% and that 44% of persons infected with SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland were not diagnosed by qPCR."
Nature Briefing (9/7/2020)
Link to the underlying research paper (open access):
Humoral Immune Response to SARS-CoV-2 in Iceland
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