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Originally posted by amypang View PostOur body takes some time to generate an antibody against a virus when our body is infected. So, would antibody testing be useful to identify infected people quickly?
The other factor that has a bearing is that any such testing of samples has to be done in a certified Cat-3 containment cabinet or you risk wiping out the testers. Such things are not all that common outside virology and bacteriology labs and a few specialised private companies.Blog? What blog...?Comment
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“ Senior health officials are facing demands to reveal how much has been spent on millions of inaccurate coronavirus antibody tests, after it emerged that payments had been guaranteed even if the kits failed to work.”
“ Health chiefs said kits could be made available through Amazon and Boots once they had been proved to work. ”
“ Scientists have discovered that although the tests can show that a person has been infected with a coronavirus, they cannot adequately differentiate between the virus that is causing the current Covid-19 outbreak and other types of coronavirus –which just cause colds.”
Reveal cost of 3.5m unusable Covid-19 tests, health chiefs told | World news | The Guardian
I reckon Ministers of the Crown were promised test would detect coronavirus (which includes common cold), so it probably technically works so no refunds, fkining moronsLast edited by AtW; 11 April 2020, 20:55.Comment
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Any actual news of an antibody test for this specific virus that works as needed?
Without one then a vaccine is a non-starter if the antibodies either don't exist for long, or are indistinguishable enough from other coronaviruses that these tests so far are obviously made to detect and being sold to muppet governments wanting to test for covid-19 only.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by Hobosapien View PostAny actual news of an antibody test for this specific virus that works as needed?
Without one then a vaccine is a non-starter if the antibodies either don't exist for long, or are indistinguishable enough from other coronaviruses that these tests so far are obviously made to detect and being sold to muppet governments wanting to test for covid-19 only.Comment
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Originally posted by Old Greg View PostEffective vaccines existed before antibody tests.Maybe tomorrow, I'll want to settle down. Until tomorrow, I'll just keep moving on.Comment
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Originally posted by malvolio View PostYes, if it is both Covid-19 specific and 100% reliable.
Originally posted by AtW View Post
Tests aimed at determining whether Britons have recovered from coronavirus may not be useful because younger people do not produce sufficient quantities of antibodies to the virus, early research suggests.
That at least doesn't mean that they're not immune. It just means they don't produce enough antibodies for the test.
Originally posted by Old Greg View PostEffective vaccines existed before antibody tests.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostNot refused. Just not responded. Only they have!
PHE said that they only have a “very small number” of positive blood samples containing coronavirus antibodies, so had not been able to share them with private companies.
“The Government wants as many labs as possible to support the scaling up of the UK’s testing capacity and any commercial companies that can help should contact the DHSC,” said Dr Yvonne Doyle, Medical Director at PHE.
“PHE has only a very small number of positive blood samples. It takes time for an immune response to develop; for most people infected in the UK, this will have been in the past six weeks and so their blood is only now reaching maturity to be used in this capacity.
hmm so Mike the patient tested positive and saw no ill effects. Next question "Hey Mike can we take a pint of blood to share with the labs making vaccines & tests? You get a free cup of tea and a biscuit"
John the patient died from Covid is he a donor? Ask the family can we take the blood? The undertaker would remove it anyway while embalming.Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View Post
1. Younger people are producing fewer antibodies. This does not mean they are not immune.
2. Younger people may be fighting of the virus without creating antibodies. Instead they use Natural Killer Cells. This could mean that they risk reinfection.Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!Comment
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