[Sacajaweau]

What they should be testing for is anti-bodies.

[dp0622]

Or antipasto. Now that is worth something :-)

[verum ago]

What they should be testing for is anti-bodies.

Antibody testing will provide a “positive” for recovered persons for even longer than the conventional PCR that the article talks about.

Real time / quantitative PCR with cycle threshold data solves the issue, but at additional cost. I’d suggest cheap, fast antibody testing backed by an quantitative PCR on the positives to tell if they’re actually a risk for spreading the virus.

[gas_dr]

Not exactly. Literature reports a 3 - 6 week antibody period that is pretty narrow to catch IgG. After that e antibodies fade and there is T cell immunity. T cells are the memory of the immune system for lack of better words and when an antigen comes by that the T cell recognizes it cranks our antibodies quite quickly which confers immunity. This is the fallacy of the argument that antibodies disappearing mean reinfection is possible. Totally fake news

We need to stop this neurotic testing and get back to fundamentals of medicine. If sick and mild stay home. Of progressive get evaluated and treated.

It’s really pretty simple but we have collectively lost our minds.