17 percent immunity in london but 5% elsewhere

[Keepdistance]

That's quite a large difference

[Teateaandmoretea]

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.

[B1rdbra1n]

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

[Derbygerbil]

@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!

[TheCountessofFitzdotterel]

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

[Keepdistance]

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

[Dozer]

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.

[Dozer]

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.