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Old 04-28-2020, 03:42 AM
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Originally Posted by chet2020 View Post
According to an antibody study of Miami-Dade County, 6% of the residents there were exposed enough to the virus to generate antibodies. This was 15X the number of positive virus tests. So you could crudely guess your odds of contracting the virus is 0.4% - if you lived in Miami-Dade County. TV is not as "hot" as Miami-Dade, so lower your odds further, and social distancing lowers your odds way further.
You might want to INCREASE your odds by the number of people who are carriers and have never been tested because they are asymptomatic or presymptomatic. And NO ONE knows yet if having antibodies means bupkis.*



*Define Bupkis Bupkis means absolutely nothing. It comes from the Yiddish bobkes, meaning nonsense or nothing, and it emerged in English during the early 20th century. It began as North American Jewish slang, but it’s now used more broadly, often for humorous effect
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