Many New Yorkers who suspected they had COVID-19 did not, study finds

JUST IN: Many New Yorkers who suspected they had COVID-19 did not, study finds. 'You can't assume you had it... because you didn't feel well a few months ago.'

But a hospital study in New York City has found that out of hundreds of New Yorkers who thought they potentially had COVID-19 in the last three months but never received a confirmed clinical diagnosis, only 37% tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, a sign the body was previously likely infected and fought the virus.

Dr. John Brownstein, an epidemiologist at Boston Children's Hospital and an ABC News contributor, said he, too, had a bit of"I-think-I-had-it-itis." The broader aim of the antibody program is to identify donors for convalescent plasma, an experimental treatment sometimes used for seriously ill hospitalized COVID-19 patients.

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