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Mind of Micah

Read, Pt.2: COVID-19 Cases Are Dropping Fast. Why?

Mind of Micah

MWBK Creative

Comedy

4.51.1K Ratings

🗓️ 26 February 2021

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Perhaps the tide has turned. Why? Four reasons: social distancing, seasonality, seroprevalence, and shots. SUBSCRIBE TO MICAH'S NEWSLETTER: micahwiener.substack.com Read it: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/02/why-covid-19-cases-are-falling-so-fast/618041/

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0:00.0

Hello, and welcome to Mind of Micah.

0:11.0

Today's episode is the return of Micah's Read of the Week.

0:14.4

It is part two.

0:15.9

COVID-19 cases are dropping fast.

0:18.8

Why?

0:21.6

In part one, we answered the first two reasons, behavior and seasonality, perhaps.

0:29.7

Part three and four, we will get into today, here on part two of this episode.

0:38.4

A reminder, check out Micah's Read of the Week, the newsletter.

0:42.6

It's free.

0:43.6

The link to subscribe is in the description to this podcast, and hit your inbox every Monday

0:49.6

around lunchtime.

0:51.6

And check out too much step in backdoor cover, the other two podcasts.

0:54.8

I am a part of at me, at Michael Weiner, my C-A-H-W-I-E-N-E-R, on both Twitter and Instagram.

1:03.5

And ask me a question, if you like, I'd love to bring back Micah's mailbag next week.

1:09.2

All right, on to the piece.

1:15.7

Issue three, partial immunity.

1:19.7

Is the virus simply running out of bodies?

1:22.8

The coronavirus needs bodies in order to survive and replicate, and it now has access to fewer

1:28.7

welcome host.

1:30.7

15 to 30% of American adults have been infected with COVID-19, according to CDC estimates.

1:36.7

That's crazy, by the way, since people recovering from COVID-19 typically develop lasting protection

1:45.6

for many months, at least the number of antibodies swirling around the US population may naturally

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