Recent antibody research found that about 20% of New Yorkers have had prior infections -- a far cry from the 60% experts say would be needed to achieve herd immunity.
: the concept that a large enough portion of the community is immune to a disease to stop it in its tracks.
Stephane Labossiere, left, with the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs, hands out masks and printed information about free COVID-19 testing in Brooklyn being offered by NYC Health + Hospitals, Wednesday, July 8, 2020, in New York.For Crawford, the main takeaway from his study is that low-income communities were hit disproportionately hard during those dark weeks at the start of the city's epidemic.
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