In accordance with the CDC, a majority of People have been contaminated by COVID-19 based mostly on the antibodies exhibiting up of their blood. Scientists can distinguish between COVID-19 antibodies that got here from a earlier an infection and ones that got here from the vaccine.
Whereas many People have by no means examined constructive, based mostly on the antibodies, the CDC has determined that approximately 58% of People have been contaminated over the past two years. That quantity went up from 34% on the finish of final yr, which implies that most People received contaminated through the Omicron surge.
Regardless of the excessive numbers, there are nonetheless many People who’ve by no means been contaminated by the coronavirus.
“I nonetheless suppose there are lots of people who’ve maybe been lucky sufficient or privileged sufficient to have the ability to shelter themselves for the previous two years who might very nicely nonetheless get it. The place they take a distinct method to residing their lives,” stated Dr. Jennifer Nuzzo, with Brown College’s College of Public Well being.
Now, scientists try to take a look at those that have by no means been contaminated to search out out if there’s something past luck and taking the fitting precautions, that make some individuals seemingly immune from getting contaminated.
“One of many issues that needs to be checked out is whether or not individuals who have been form of in the identical place, that they had the identical sort of publicity, however some might have gotten it and a few might haven’t and attempting to know what makes those who didn’t get it, totally different,” Nuzzo stated.
Scientists at Rockefeller College in New York are at the moment finding out that. Nuzzo says it is essential to check these individuals as a result of it might give scientists details about the way to probably forestall individuals from getting contaminated from the long run, or probably the way to deal with future variants of the virus.
“There was a speculation that some individuals might specific a distinct stage of the receptors, the sorts of cells that the virus tries to invade and that folks with extra of these could also be extra more likely to be contaminated than individuals with fewer of these,” she stated.
As of proper now, there haven’t been any conclusions relating to pure immunity from the coronavirus. Medical specialists suggest persevering with to take the right precautions to forestall your self from getting contaminated.
