Opinion | Herd Immunity May Be Closer Than You Think

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Opinion | Herd Immunity May Be Closer Than You Think
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From WSJopinion: Antibody tests may significantly underestimate the number of people who have already been infected with Covid-19, especially if they had a milder strain, writes AllysiaFinley

Some early assumptions about Covid-19 no longer add up—and that could be good news for the future progress of the virus. There are reasons to think the novel coronavirus began spreading earlier than previously understood, raising the possibility that herd immunity is closer than we think.

Chinese authorities say they first identified a case in Wuhan in November, but Beijing didn’t lock down Hubei province until Jan. 23. For two months direct flights ran from Wuhan to 30 cities outside China, including London, New York, Paris,...

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