So how will we ever be able to confirm the number of people who have already contracted the virus and now posses antibodies so we can get a real picture of the morbidity rate for covid-19. As it stands now, the data is insufficient to set a morbidity rate, and therefor the rate being touted is worthless.
This isn't my field -- but isn't the above a bit of a logical break? How do they know anyone has had COVID-19? Wouldn't the basic way of knowing that piece be the testing of antibodies?
The antibody assays are not helpful, at a person level,
among other things high false positive/false negative rates as well as being confounded by multiple strains due to rapid mutation of the SSRNA genome
Wow, first confirmation I have heard of this although I expected this to be the case. Gotta meep that denominator as low as possible.
How can anyone still believe there is not an agenda riding of the coat tails of this virus?
Which is equally ludicrous because so many are asymptomatic.
Just tell them about 1 month ago you had trouble breathing, a fever, headache, and had to sleep on your stomach or you felt like you were going to die.
https://www.discovermagazine.com/health/covid-19-antibody-testing-tougher-than-true-false
COVID-19 Antibody Testing: Tougher Than True/False
Many of us in my county are waiting on an antibody test. There is one being offered within about a two hour drive from here. I’m looking for the Abbot Labs test. Supposedly, it’s better than 99 percent accurate. There is a facility about three hours from me that is offering it, and the cost is $225. But, insurance says they will pay for it. Even if they didn’t, it would be worth it to me. I could then feel like I could get back to a normal life. As it is, the case count keeps rising here.
Sounds like they are in the process of testing the effectiveness of the antibody test by looking for folks who can attest they had the virus, then employing the antibody test to measure if the test can detect the virus. If that trial works out, then they would have the confidence to advance to the next phase of blind antibody testing.
The same thing happened to a friend & co-worker of mine.
Since neither was sent for an actual test, does it mean neither can be tested for anti-bodies?
And how many more MILLIONS of people are in this same category? They've likely had it and will not be tested?
To be honest, reliable information has been very hard to come by due to all the disinformation. One thing that is true is that countries that have or have had (in recent memory) mandatory tb vaccinations have sailed through this as well as having far fewer expenses for inflammatory diseases.
"How many Americans have died from the SEASONAL FLU this year?"
They have no answer.
Not true in Ga. Clinics are sending mass mailers out begging folks to come in for antibody testing. The USGOV pays for all of it.
I got mine yesterday and should get the results shortly.
They would best determine antibody rates by sampling the population scientifically and don’t have nearly the capacity to test everyone presently.