From the New York Times, I'm Sabrina Tavernici. This is the Daily.

Today, more than half of all Americans and three-quarters of all children have now been

infected with COVID. My colleague, a Purva Mondavili, on what that means for immunity and

for the future of COVID.

It's Thursday, April 28.

So a Purva, I have to tell you that Michael was supposed to be the one having this conversation

with you, but he has COVID. So you have me. He told me that it was okay for me to

tell you.

I mean, I've had it now, so we're in good company.

Exactly. In fact, I remember the last time you and I did an episode, you were just coming

out of your sickness with COVID.

That's right. And I think actually now I'm starting to hear all kinds of people around

me getting COVID who didn't get it in the winter. And I'm sure you are too, you know.

So many. So many. So this is our question for you, Purva. It seems like at this point,

everybody in my life has COVID. And I know you've been doing some reporting on just how

many Americans have been infected. Tell me about that.

So this week, the CDC released you data saying that three in five Americans, so that's 60%

of Americans have had COVID at some point. So 60%.

And a lot.

I think that's why it feels like everybody you know has had COVID because most of them

have. And that exact percentage varies by age. So if you actually think about kids,

zero to 17, 75% of them have apparently already been infected.

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