[ifinnegan]

“We need dual testing...Test for Covid and antibodies at the same time.”

Yes.

Testing for antibodies seems to have gone by the wayside.

Actually immunological science has been ignored throughout this whole Covid debacle.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

“Testing for antibodies seems to have gone by the wayside.

Actually immunological science has been ignored throughout this whole Covid debacle.”

Yes and no. The easiest to find antibodies also disappear quicker. There are several layers to our immunity. And it soon becomes almost impossible to find any antibodies, which is fine. Their job is over, so most of them go away.

Some do stick around for years, but they require highly specialized equipment $$$ to find, and long test protocols $$$.

But our memory cells store the info and can rapidly ramp back up production when needed.

So there’s a certain window to find most of them, measured in weeks. After that it’s very time consuming and expensive to find traces.

[Grampa Dave]

Sacajawea

“We need dual testing...Test for Covid and antibodies at the same time.”

Yes.

Testing for antibodies seems to have gone by the wayside.

Actually, immunological science has been ignored throughout this whole Covid debacle.