Covid-19 + Italy

[admin]

https://www.lastampa.it/topnews/primo-piano/2020/04/02/news/coronavirus-castiglione-d-adda-e-un-caso-di-studio-il-70-dei-donatori-di-sangue-e-positivo-1.38666481

 the title is inaccurate. According to la Repubblic the 40 didn't test positive to the antibody tests, but rather to antigen tests.

Edit:

Antigen is a part of the virus (think a protein in the virus’ capsule). If that’s present the infection is likely still ongoing.

Antibody is your body’s defense.

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Keep in mind that an ANTIBODY test can be made for 2 types of antibodies: IgM (short term immediate defense) or IgG (long term defense).

If you’re negative for IgM but positve for IgG, you’re probably immune. If you’re positive for IgM but negative for IgG, you’re probably still dealing with the infection.

SO: You can only be sure that an asymptomatic patient won’t develop symptoms if they’ve overcome the infection - and that is measured by IgG+IgM, not by single antigen test.

 via Dial-a-LLama

[admin]

Then why do we end up with hotspots like N. Italy or Madrid where so many people get really sick and die? Surely it should be "everywhere" (approx) if that's the case.

Maybe people in hotspots suffer from a higher viral load which might increase the severity of the symptoms?

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

...or, it could be Olives.

[LNN]

Italy sees more than 20,000 new virus cases, many in north

https://apnews.com/article/religion-virus-outbreak-india-united-states-bfa57a99aaf45c5a4032c9226fd5cf08