| Antibody tests - coronavirus 19:40 - Mar 19 with 987 views | MattinLondon |
Sorry for being thick but I’ve just been reading that that Government is set to buy thousands of Antibody Tests to ascertain if people have already had the virus.
What’s the point? As I was under the impression that you can catch the virus twice.
Thanks - I could well be totally wrong and being dense but I’m stumped.
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 19:44 - Mar 19 with 936 views | sparks |
It is very unlikely that you can catch it twice in short succession. |  |
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 19:45 - Mar 19 with 933 views | monytowbray |
There have been reports of it yes, but I don’t think there’s been an outright statement or any research into it.
That’s the worrying thing. We cannot guarantee immunity is on the cards, nor that it will go over the Summer months. It’s already spreading around Oz and they’re on the back end of their Summer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-17/with-the-start-of-spring-on-
Worth a read. |  |
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:08 - Mar 19 with 894 views | BlueBadger |
It'll show that you've had the current, most prevalent strain. t won't show up for future mutations necessarily. |  |
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:18 - Mar 19 with 870 views | BloomBlue |
The theory is if you had it you won't catch it again. If they test you and it returns in the autumn the theory is you can go about you're life and the only people who will have self isolate next time is those who didnt have it. |  | | |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:42 - Mar 19 with 825 views | ElderGrizzly |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:18 - Mar 19 by BloomBlue |
The theory is if you had it you won't catch it again. If they test you and it returns in the autumn the theory is you can go about you're life and the only people who will have self isolate next time is those who didnt have it. |
There are over 10 cases of people catching it twice. Now is that because it has mutated or we can’t build the expected immunity?
The ‘experts’ were saying this is likely to require vaccinations to change each year like we have to with the flu |  | | |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:50 - Mar 19 with 810 views | sparks |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:42 - Mar 19 by ElderGrizzly |
There are over 10 cases of people catching it twice. Now is that because it has mutated or we can’t build the expected immunity?
The ‘experts’ were saying this is likely to require vaccinations to change each year like we have to with the flu |
Do you have a reference for that- because I have not seen it.
There were some dodgy results but I had not seen any confirmed clear ones of second infections.
If you fight it off- you will have lots of antibodies. | |
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:52 - Mar 19 with 804 views | StokieBlue |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 19:45 - Mar 19 by monytowbray |
There have been reports of it yes, but I don’t think there’s been an outright statement or any research into it.
That’s the worrying thing. We cannot guarantee immunity is on the cards, nor that it will go over the Summer months. It’s already spreading around Oz and they’re on the back end of their Summer.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-03-17/with-the-start-of-spring-on-
Worth a read. |
They explicitly said they were in talks to obtain initial antibody tests in today's press briefing. There has been plenty of research into antibody testing.
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:53 - Mar 19 with 796 views | StokieBlue |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:42 - Mar 19 by ElderGrizzly |
There are over 10 cases of people catching it twice. Now is that because it has mutated or we can’t build the expected immunity?
The ‘experts’ were saying this is likely to require vaccinations to change each year like we have to with the flu |
The reports of people catching it twice aren't confirmed - there is a lot of debate as to whether the testing was performed correctly.
The figure was as high as 14% in one Chinese province, once again though, no verification on the quality of the testing.
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| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 21:54 - Mar 19 with 740 views | Guthrum |
| Antibody tests - coronavirus on 20:42 - Mar 19 by ElderGrizzly |
There are over 10 cases of people catching it twice. Now is that because it has mutated or we can’t build the expected immunity?
The ‘experts’ were saying this is likely to require vaccinations to change each year like we have to with the flu |
Also depends how long immunity lasts. Not necessarily permanent once gained. |  |
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