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Another large study is showing that unreported cases of COVID were much more widespread in the U.S. in 2020 than estimated by the CDC.
The real world data blows another hole in the narrative concerning the dangers of the virus and the “warp speed” rush to authorize and administer controversial experimental vaccines.
According to the study, published in Science Translational Medicine, about 16.8 million cases of COVID infections were undiagnosed by mid-July.
Blood samples tested from 462,949 volunteers between May and July showed much higher seropositivity rates for antibodies to the SARS-Cov-2 virus than the CDC has estimated. That’s important, because the CDC has computed death rates from modeling and estimates of infection. If the actual infections have been higher than CDC’s estimates, that means the overall COVID death rate, already well below one percent, shrinks even further.
“These data indicate that there were 4.8 undiagnosed SARS-CoV-2 infections for every diagnosed case of COVID-19,” said the scientists who conducted the study. “Our data suggest a larger spread of the COVD-19 pandemic in the United States during the first six months than originally thought.”
Our Trends Journal article of 23 March 2021, “NEW STUDY: HALF OF COVID CASES UNREPORTED”, previously reported that nearly half of COVID cases in 2020 likely went unreported.
As of June 21, 2021, New York has reported the highest deaths from COVID-19 of any state, at 294 per 100,000 of population. Most states outside of large Northeastern metro areas have reported much lower rates, according to Statistica.com. 27 states have rates lower than 200 per 100,000 of population. And 8 states have rates lower than 100 per 100,000 of population.
Statistica’s data is complied from reports by states and counties at the time of publication.