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Researchers said this is the largest national antibody in the US study to date. Eighty percent of those in the testing pool were white. The gender breakdown was 60/40 male/female. And the group had a higher socioeconomic status than average: https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/">https://theathletic.com/1763139/2...
Both MLB and the players union assured me this test was simply an effort to help provide public health officials information and NOT tied to when the baseball season will re-start again.
Everybody is doing their best. MLB wants to play ball this year. They are adjusting and reacting to ever changing information about when it might be safe to resume certain activities just like the rest of us.
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