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If you have experienced symptoms of coronavirus in the winter or early spring, it can be easy to assume that you have been infected by Covid-19. However, a significant new study, assuming that you have immunity to the highly infectious virus could be dangerous to your health as well as for those around you.

New data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published in this weekJamaShows that the majority of the country is still sensitive Covid-19, with only a small number of antibodies against.

The number of infected people is probably 10 times higher

In mid-May, the CDC reports that the number of infected people is probably 10 times higher than the3.8 million reported casesreported - it could reach 38 million.

However, according to their data, blood samples taken over 16 000 people in 10 geographic regions, from New York to Washington and Utah in Minnesota, a very small portion of those tested had antibodies to virus, even in some of the hardest hit regions of.

For example, in the San Francisco area, about 1% of the population had the antibody, while in New York, the epicenter of the virus at the time, the percentage went up to 6.9. The researchers emphasize that these numbers may have increased due to the recent surge of cases.

The researchers also stressed that the case of sub-dénombrissement varied by region. For example, in Connecticut, the actual number of cases was six times the number reported, while in Missouri, the actual number of cases was postponed a number 24 times the number.

"The findings may reflect the number of people who had mild disease or not or did not seek medical care or undergo tests but have always been able to contribute to the transmission of current virus in the population," wrote the authors of the study.

"Most of us are probably still very vulnerable to this virus and we have a long way to control it,"Jennifer Nuzzo, an epidemiologist at the Johns Hopkins Center for Safety of Health, told theWashington Post."This study should put to bed any more argument that we should allow this virus to tear our communities to achieve herd immunity."

Herd immunity ineffective for now

In an editorial accompanying the study, Tyler S. Brown and Rochelle Walensky, infectious diseases of Massachusetts General Hospital specialists have also warned the potential danger to rely on herd immunity or realization of intentional infection.

"The study rebuke the idea that the acquired current levels of immunity in the population (called herd immunity) constitute a substantial obstacle to the continued spread"From the virus, at least for now, they wrote." The data should also quickly dispel myths that dangerous practices such as the "Parties Covid" is either an audible means, be sure to promote herd immunity ".

As for yourself: stay healthy no matter where you live, get tested if you think you have Covid-19, avoid the crowds (and the bars and nightlife of the house), wear a face mask , practice social distancing, not manage that essential errands, wash your hands regularly disinfect frequently touched surfaces and through this pandemic at your healthier, do not miss these37 places you are most likely to catch coronavirus.