Marcus Aurelius1:40pAG
This is the viral RNA RT-PCR swab. Detecting the virus in one’s nasopharynx. I don’t have exact demographics, but suffice to say mostly older co-morbid patients (colonoscopies, spinal injections, elective heart caths, etc). We are located in fairly affluent zip code and referral base is mostly fairly nearby (not an inner city county hospital). The procedure is cancelled if positive.
Reveille4:25pAG
This is very surprising! Here in Garland I have been doing antibody testing for 2 weeks now. I have a lot of people coming in every day thinking they have already had Covid-19. I have not had a single surprise result yet and I am using the Abbott labs IgG with a specificity of 99.5%. Lot of disappointed people for sure.
So I have been disappointed as I was hoping to find more people who were immune. It’s really good you are seeing such huge numbers maybe mine will start picking up soon. The only antibody tests we have had positive were people I already treated for Covid-19 previously.