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Originally Posted by 'Hamas' Jenkins

Not really. They're mixing several different antibody studies, some of them using older tests with false positive rates above 50%, with newer, more specific tests, and flu counts are always estimated, which is why they are often 6-10 times higher than reported flu deaths, which does precisely the opposite of what the author claims.

A study posted this week in Spain, which is one of the hardest hit countries in Europe, showed a total seroprevalance of 5% with no region higher than 14%. This extrapolated to a total IFR of 0.7%, seven times higher than the flu.

Are the antibody tests today fairly accurate?