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Possible stupid question - how close to nerd immunity

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Florelei · 02/01/2021 09:46

I’ve been thinking about this and trying to do some research but I’m still confused.

We have been seeing really high numbers of daily cases for months now and in March we were told that well over 100k people were catching covid per day.

I’ve read over the past few months that (for example) 1 in 70 people currently have covid.

Given these high numbers how many people can realistically be left to be infected? Especially given that up to 1/3 of infections are a symptomatic and at least some people will never get the virus due to natural immunity.

I apologise if this is a stupid question.

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RainMoon · 02/01/2021 15:49

Nerd herd immunity won’t happen, as the nerds are too clever and isolating as they know how the virus works and aren’t conspiracy theorists

Oliversmumsarmy · 02/01/2021 23:25

JacobReesMogadishu

I think antibodies aren’t the only protection

As I said Dd had been mixing closely with 2 separate groups of people
One in February when she could have still had antibodies and then last month when she was working closely with a group who all tested positive for Covid
There were only 2 people who didn’t get Covid. One was dd and the other was a girl who had Covid in October

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