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NEWS: Of the 5603 MLB employees who were tested for Covid-19 antibodies, 0.7% were positive: https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/
Anaheim and the two New York teams reported the highest number of positive cases, but the numbers were much smaller than the counties those teams play in: https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/
"Covid-19 has not yet affected 99.3% of MLB's population," said the lead researcher, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya. "It indicates the epidemic has not spread very far. But at the same time, we have a zero percent mortality rate:" https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/
Sixty MLB employees tested positive for the Covid-19 antibodies. The .7% rate is adjusted for testing error. The stadium workers who were tested were not spring training employees, but regular season workers across 26 different cities: https://theathletic.com/1763139/2020/05/10/covid-19-antibody-study-of-mlb-employees-finds-that-7-percent-have-had-the-virus/
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/
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.
