In more pleasant news than we’ve heard in some time, a recent study out of Los Angeles suggests that Coronavirus, and the disease it causes, COVID-19, may not be as deadly as previously though – and all our #QuarantineAndChill seshes haven’t been in vain! That could mean our most loved restaurants, bars, parks, beaches, gyms, etc etc etc could be back in business soon (and best of all – IRL DATING! WE MISS YOU SO!)

Via LA Times:

The study found that 2.8% to 5.6% of adults have antibodies to the virus in their blood, an indication of past exposure. Without any adjustments for a margin of error, the raw percentage of people testing positive for past exposure to the coronavirus in L.A. County was about 4.1%.

This means that L.A. County has done a great job of slowing the spread of the coronavirus, said Barbara Ferrer, director of the L.A. County Department of Public Health. The virus’ escalation came while the county pursued stay-at-home orders that have prevented hospitals from being overwhelmed with too many critically ill patients.

In other words, it means that roughly 221,000 to 442,000 adults have recovered from infection as of early April, at a time when the county had officially reported fewer than 8,000 COVID-19 cases.

This suggests that for those infected with the virus in L.A. County, 0.1% to 0.2% died, Ferrer said. That would put it similar to the case fatality rate for the seasonal flu, which is 0.1%.

While this doesn’t mean you should be meeting up with any booty calls just yet, it is some positive news on a topic that has been pretty GD grim for the past 2 months. We’re looking forward to continuing this upward trend and being back to normal life (or whatever that will mean after a pandemic) ASAP.