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The missing link in the COVID vaccine equation: Antibody Testing
American Thinker ^ | 07/17/2021 | Terry Paulding

Posted on 07/18/2021 10:08:46 AM PDT by SeekAndFind

Before I get to the missing link subject of this article, I want to be clear that I think there’s a broader missing link in the leftist brain. That link is for logical thinking and truth recognition. We’ve been asked — no, it’s demanded of us — to ignore critical thought for so long, that some people have forgotten how to think and question. We all need to exercise our minds, and be vocal, too.

The specific missing link I’m talking about is in the COVID dialogue. As I watch California attempt to send its populace into another panic over the Delta variant, I realize that much angst could have been (still can be) avoided if we do one simple thing: Even if you staunchly believe all the COVID news, believe (erroneously) in the safety of the vaccines, believe (erroneously) that masks are a help in stopping the spread, and respect the (craven) people and government entities providing all this information, there’s a piece of the jigsaw that’s been purposely left out of the box.

That piece? Antibody testing. This is the test that will tell if you’ve had COVID and, therefore, developed natural antibodies. We know that people who had the virus have antibodies, which do a fine job of preventing them from getting COVID again. Those who have already had COVID are also the people who have had the worst reactions to the shots. I want to be clear about one more thing here – I’m talking about adults. In my humble opinion, given that children don’t succumb to COVID infection, they should never be vaccinated for it.


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TOPICS: Health/Medicine; Science; Society
KEYWORDS: antibodies; antibodytest; covid19; vaccine
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To: SeekAndFind
This is one reason the CDC needs to be purged. We hear this fear porn about immunity: “We don’t know how long immunity lasts.” The CDC management should be fired for allowing this to promulgated. There are millions of people who had COVID-19. Find a couple thousand who had it a year ago and test them for the presence of antibodies. If 99% of them have antibodies then we do know the immunity lasts at least a year. If the percentage is low, test people who had it six months ago. This is a basic question that would drive vaccination strategy and be a key factor in how close we are to herd immunity.

If the CDC and Faucci say we don’t know this they’re either lying or completely incompetent.

21 posted on 07/18/2021 11:09:20 AM PDT by Dilbert56
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To: SeekAndFind

“Those who have already had COVID are also the people who have had the worst reactions to the shots.”

yeah ... i’ve personally seen that: one customer who KNEW he had antibodies got vaxed anyway and collapsed to the floor with intense chest pains and couldn’t breath, and my next door neighbor was hospitalized with myocarditis after his 2nd injection ..


22 posted on 07/18/2021 11:10:36 AM PDT by catnipman (Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
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To: SeekAndFind

Antibody testing should be easy, fast and free. And if you are in a job that requires vaccination, like healthcare, or want to travel international, go on a cruise, etc, a positive antibody test should be equal to vaccination.

There are 10’s of millions of Americans who have antibodies and are immune, some who don’t even know it. Alternatively, there are probably millions of Americans who wrongly think they had COVID and are immune, when they actually had a cold or some other infection. These people are at risk for COVID, and don’t know it.


23 posted on 07/18/2021 11:23:26 AM PDT by ETCM
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To: SeekAndFind
There was a time in our country (before journalism was replaced with propaganda) when a journalist would ask a "vaccine" promoter directly why the administration of the "vaccine" was a higher priority than testing for antibodies.

And the journalist wouldn't move on without an answer.

24 posted on 07/18/2021 11:36:29 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: ClearCase_guy
And that is really weird.

It's more than "weird", my friend; it's a point that absolutely demands either a reversal of the position or an explanation for it.

25 posted on 07/18/2021 11:38:22 AM PDT by Captain Walker ("The side that has Truth gets Humor as a bonus.")
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To: Captain Walker

The most likely explanations are to make a LOT of money for certain people and that there is something in the jab we REALLY don’t want.


26 posted on 07/18/2021 11:47:22 AM PDT by hoosierham (Freedom isnt free)
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To: SeekAndFind; All
"That piece? Antibody testing. This is the test that will tell if you’ve had COVID and, therefore, developed natural antibodies."

The following thread compliments this thread imo.

Professor Sucharit Bhakdi: We already have antibody memory immunity to COVID19, 99% of us immune. Vaccination is unnecessary & re-vaccination potentially life threatening. (7.9.21)

Insights welcome.

27 posted on 07/18/2021 11:48:02 AM PDT by Amendment10
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To: dforest

Actually they have gone quiet of late. Several have become more open about it being a personal choice. The hardcore paid trolls are less effective and my guess have been redirected to other sites. Win win I guess.


28 posted on 07/18/2021 11:58:13 AM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative?)
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To: Brian Griffin

I guess I was wrong. Do you think the FDA is an honest broker in all of this?

I trust the IRS more than the FDA or CDC these days.


29 posted on 07/18/2021 12:02:05 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative?)
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To: Brian Griffin

I pay for my health care so 38 vs 15 dollars will not define my behavior. Dumb. Experimental vs Truth.


30 posted on 07/18/2021 12:03:49 PM PDT by wgmalabama (We will find out if the Vac or virus risk was the correct choice - can we put truth above narrative?)
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To: SeekAndFind

I’m not sure how the virus works, but I think if you get it and get well, you become immune. So, is it possible to have a SMALL amount on a cloth and deliberately catch the vid for immunity would that work? Can it be such a small amount on purpose. Would a small amount make symptoms milder?


31 posted on 07/18/2021 12:23:42 PM PDT by Mark (Celebrities... is there anything they do not know? Homer Simpson)
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To: semimojo

This guy seems to want Fauci to take him by the hand, prick his finger and run the sample to CVS for him. Dude, whatever happened to human agency?

Not at all. Fauci's advice is wrong. There are some people who don't know any better and they will take his advice not to get an antibody test, before they get a shot. The writer is simply pointing that out.

32 posted on 07/18/2021 12:30:46 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: SeekAndFind
That piece? Antibody testing. This is the test that will tell if you’ve had COVID and, therefore, developed natural antibodies. We know that people who had the virus have antibodies, which do a fine job of preventing them from getting COVID again. Those who have already had COVID are also the people who have had the worst reactions to the shots.

The biggest danger for mankind is putting all our eggs in one basket.

For example Israel almost exclusively vaccinated with pfizer... What if Pfizer isn't as effective against Delta... and possibly not at all effective against the next rogue variant? All your eggs in one basket becomes a wipe out that 'natural immunity' would NOT have...

Here's odd... people pushing vaccination the most - are the same 'Hunter Biden' type of white liberal 'elites'/commies...and the most likely to work with China under the table...

This missing link then takes on darker more threatening tones...

Newest reports say NOT to mix vaccines... where does that leave the 'vaccinate' in the event three variants down is the one we really must have a vaccine to protect us.

33 posted on 07/18/2021 12:41:02 PM PDT by GOPJ (Pentagon Commies flying covid infected illegals around the country - 'smallpox in blankets'...)
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To: SeekAndFind
That piece? Antibody testing. This is the test that will tell if you’ve had COVID and, therefore, developed natural antibodies. We know that people who had the virus have antibodies, which do a fine job of preventing them from getting COVID again. Those who have already had COVID are also the people who have had the worst reactions to the shots.

The biggest danger for mankind is putting all our eggs in one basket.

For example Israel almost exclusively vaccinated with pfizer... What if Pfizer isn't as effective against Delta... and possibly not at all effective against the next rogue variant? All your eggs in one basket becomes a wipe out that 'natural immunity' would NOT have...

Here's odd... people pushing vaccination the most - are the same 'Hunter Biden' type of white liberal 'elites'/commies most likely to work with China under the table...

This missing link then takes on darker more threatening tones...

Newest reports say NOT to mix vaccines... where does that leave the 'vaccinated' in the event three variants down the road is the one we really must have to live?

34 posted on 07/18/2021 12:42:57 PM PDT by GOPJ (Pentagon Commies flying covid infected illegals around the country - 'smallpox in blankets'...)
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To: Brian Griffin

Thanks!!!!


35 posted on 07/18/2021 12:49:43 PM PDT by jdsteel ("A Republic, Madam, if you can keep it." Sorry Ben, looks like we blew it.)
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To: FreeReign
There are some people who don't know any better and they will take his advice not to get an antibody test, before they get a shot. The writer is simply pointing that out.

If that's the point the writer's trying to make I hope he isn't relying on his writing skills to make a living.

The article didn't get within hailing distance of that explanation.

36 posted on 07/18/2021 12:53:00 PM PDT by semimojo
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To: SeekAndFind

What you are posting, as usual, is not reflected in the medical community.

https://health.clevelandclinic.org/when-should-you-get-vaccinated-if-youve-had-covid-19/

You remind me of people who say you can take a natural substance and not get cancer.


37 posted on 07/18/2021 12:55:36 PM PDT by hawkaw
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To: semimojo
I'm really not sure why you are having difficulty with the author criticizing Fauci's bad medical advice?

Seems pretty straight forward.

38 posted on 07/18/2021 1:04:01 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: ClearCase_guy; SeekAndFind
Beyond everything else, this is the point that bothers me.

If the current talk was about Antibody Passports, and taking Antigen tests so you could fly or go to school or something, I still wouldn’t like the intrusion, but I would understand the logic.

But the Powerful People have no interest in your antibodies or antigens. They do not care about your immunity at all.

They just want you to get the jab.

And that is really weird.

Yeah, it is really weird.

It has nothing to do with health.

It's not a medical vaccine, it's a government "jab."

It is a social passport.

Because "Science."

This, coming from people who believe a man can biologically change himself into a woman by undergoing surgery and using different pronouns.

39 posted on 07/18/2021 1:22:05 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: SeekAndFind

It’s long-lived memory T cells that protect people.

Antibodies in plasma are a surrogate marker.


40 posted on 07/18/2021 1:23:12 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Extremism in the defense of Liberty is no vice)
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