From CDC MMWR Report
As of February 2022, approximately 75% of children and adolescents had serologic evidence of previous infection with SARS-CoV-2, with approximately one third becoming newly seropositive since December 2021. The greatest increases in seroprevalence during September 2021–February 2022, occurred in the age groups with the lowest vaccination coverage; the proportion of the U.S. population fully vaccinated by April 2022 increased with age (5–11, 28%; 12–17, 59%; 18–49, 69%; 50–64, 80%; and ≥65 years, 90%).*** Lower seroprevalence among adults aged ≥65 years, who are at greater risk for severe illness from COVID-19, might also be related to the increased use of additional precautions with increasing age (3).
I am so grateful my kids were vaccinated before they had covid.
My youngest (who had just turned five) caught it a few days after her second shot. Not ideal, but actually, she had zero symptoms and has zero long term effects that I can tell.
Two questions, first, does the evidence of prior infection stay forever? Or at least detectable back to late 2019? And is the evidence from wild covid the same as evidence from the vax? Wondered about this for a long time
Time will tell how big an issue this is. Particularly the burden of long covid on the healthcare system. More seroprevalence studies need to be done to confirm these data
I'll admit that I didn't read the header of the thread, and was about to post a thread about the same article-which says in effect, that 60% of Americans have had Covid in one form or another.
I disagree with it personally because I've never had it (yet) or if I did have it, it was so minor that it didn't present as Covid.
I wonder if the fact that so many have had it (reportedly) that will lead to more disability from the infection in the future?
Are we all walking time bombs?