A study from Wake Forest Baptist Health found that more than 10% of people tested for COVID-19 developed antibodies but did not show any symptoms. | Pixabay
A study from Wake Forest Baptist Health found that more than 10% of people tested for COVID-19 developed antibodies but did not show any symptoms. | Pixabay
A COVID-19 study out of Wake Forest Baptist Health found that more than 10% of people tested in North Carolina have coronavirus antibodies.
The results, the study said, mean that those with antibodies were likely exposed to the coronavirus but showed no symptoms, WFAE 90.7 reported on July 2.
Researchers determined that while the death rate and the severity of symptoms are lower than initially thought, community spread is a cause of concern and efforts to flatten the curve appear unsuccessful, WFAE 90.7 reported on July 2. The Winston-Salem-based facility focused on cases in the Triad region of North Carolina.
John Sanders, the chief of infectious diseases at Wake Forest Baptist Health, called the results a double-edged sword.
“We are clearly seeing a rapid increase in the number of people that we have antibody evidence who have been infected,” Sanders told WFAE 90.7. “[But] the vast majority of these people have very few or no symptoms.”
Wake Forest started the study shortly after the outbreak told hold in North Carolina, WFAE 90.7 reported. Republican Senate Leader Phil Berger (R-Rockingham) donated $100,000 in funding to the research.
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