17 percent immunity in london but 5% elsewhere

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That's quite a large difference

Matt Hancock gave the information in the government daily briefing yesterday

You must have watched a different one to me. That said I didn’t listen to all the press questions so maybe it came up later.

Immunity or resistance to covid-19 more than antibodies there is speculation that immunity to the common cold may confer immunity to covid
Eg
www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/05/t-cells-found-covid-19-patients-bode-well-long-term-immunity
Immune warriors known as T cells help us fight some viruses, but their importance for battling SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19, has been unclear. Now, two studies reveal infected people harbor T cells that target the virus—and may help them recover. Both studies also found some people never infected with SARS-CoV-2 have these cellular defenses, most likely because they were previously infected with other coronaviruses

@B1rdbra1n

Interesting, though as we’ve all had the common cold the must be more to it. No one should say, I had a cold last year so I’m safe!

There are lots of different colds, not all coronaviruses, so you would have to have had the right one for a start!

Children under 5 get say nl63 coronavirus. So those would have had a recent infection. So they might have antibodies to that still.

OP, you’re making statements but still haven’t shared a written source for your quoted research.

A reported verbal statement by Matt Hancock with none of the info posters have explained is needed to understand the stat isn’s sufficient.

OK, so most media reports don’t look to give a source. Sky say “ The figures are the first ones to be released by a government-commissioned study run by the Office for National Statistics, using 1,000 adults”. No links to published info. Without more info readers can’t assess validity.