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34% of non-CV19 patients in Germany already had the Coronavirus spike protein specific helper T-cells. Due most likely to infection with prior common cold coronaviruses. That number is close to the percentage of “asymptomatic cases” we are seeing.
34% of non-CV19 patients in Germany already had the Coronavirus spike protein specific helper T-cells. Due most likely to infection with prior common cold coronaviruses. That number is close to the percentage of “asymptomatic cases” we are seeing.