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Figures

Figure 1: Daily incidence of SARS-CoV2 infections in the entire population of the UK adapted from: https://coronavirus.data.gov.uk/ details/ healthcare?areaType=nation&areaName=England https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

Figure 2: The protein components of plasma. Courtesy: David Male

Figure 3: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study Prof Marina Pollán, MD,(Figure 2) in: Prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 in Spain (ENE-COVID): a nationwide, population-based seroepidemiological study - The Lancet

Figure 4: Seroprevalence of IgG antibodies to spike protein in UK blood donors: https://www.gov.uk/ government/ publications/ national-covid-19-surveillance-reports/ sero-surveillance-of-covid-19 https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ doc/ open-government-licence/ version/ 3/

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