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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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They tested 8 people and one had antibodies. At least I think that's how they worked this out....
Possibiy ..... but I have a feeing in my waters that the procedure may have involved a few more than that .....
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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What was the size of the test sample .....
About 2 millilitres.
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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You can get a private antibody test. Not sure whether they are any good.

I've also wondered whether I had covid a few months ago as have had various aches and pains. Not sure whether some of us are having strange symptoms because of covid or because of lockdown....
My diagnosis is sympathetic hysteria Annie ?
Prognosis is will get worse before it gets better !!
Cause, over exposure to media !!!

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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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All statistical modelling is.

Depends on whether the sample is representative. When they do tests they do a random sample to test for antibodies. Not sure how many people this is based on.
COVID-19 Infection Survey (Pilot): methods and further information

This methodology guide is intended to provide information on the methods used to collect the data, process it, and calculate the statistics produced from the COVID-19 Infection Survey (pilot).
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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COVID-19 Infection Survey (Pilot): methods and further information



https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulat...herinformation
So do you know how many were sampled?
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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So do you know how many were sampled?
No ..... but I have an idea from reading the information provided by ONS .....
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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No ..... but I have an idea from reading the information provided by ONS .....
It wasn't in the millions though Omah.....
Which it would have had to have been to give a very rough idea...
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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My diagnosis is sympathetic hysteria Annie ?
Prognosis is will get worse before it gets better !!
Cause, over exposure to media !!!

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Ha Ha! Spot on donkeyman.....Death by numbers!...
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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It wasn't in the millions though Omah.....
Which it would have had to have been to give a very rough idea...
Obviously you're not a statistician .....
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Re: One in eight people in England had Covid antibodies by December

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Obviously you're not a statistician .....
Church of England I think Omah....
 
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