Herd immunity may be closer than expected, study shows

A new study shows the number of COVID-19 infections in our country may actually be twice as high as the numbers we see from confirmed test results. At this point, that may be good news. It could be proof we may be getting closer than expected to herd immunity. Researchers at the medical testing and treatment company Clinical Reference Laboratory looked at the blood samples taken from 61,910 people who had applied for life insurance. They tested for antibodies that indicate whether or not someone had recovered from the virus. They found twice the rate that would be expected if you just looked at the number of confirmed tests, and this held true for the numbers across the nation.