My GP so far doesn’t require masks nor vaccines, but he orders the covid antibody test when one has to have blood work done. He’s a rebel of sorts, is not affiliated with the local hospital because their autocratic ways of hospital management interfere with physician-patient relationships. He’s a devout Christian which IMO explains much of his stance. Plus he understands the political BS that rules hospitals. Being in Fla. helps also.
Now I have another doctor who is the director of his department at the same hospital but due to their covid nazi regs I refuse to comply and so far have been able to have appointments via video conference thus avoiding the fascist environment in the hospital and his office. I even quit answering patient satisfaction surveys the hospital would send after appointments because they would always have a slew of covid questions which I flat out stated were bogus for reasons that have been expounded upon here.
But givien the amount of money big gov and big pharma are throwing at hospitals for covid I agree that things will get worse before any chance of improvement.
I’m glad to hear your Dr is independent-minded!
Some info I found:
covid IgG and IgM tests are $25 at Kroger Health + pharmacies; they draw a tiny amount of blood from ones finger and put it on a test kit that indicates after 15 minutes whether one has both antibodies or just one or the other.
Having both IgG and IgM is indicative of having an ongoing infection which began > 2 weeks earlier.
Having IgM only is indicative of recent infection and usually are seen along with IgG early on during acute stage, and IgM goes away after a few weeks.
Having IgG only is indicative of infection > 2 weeks earlier, and indicate long term immunity.
I asked the pharmacist what the longest time between an infection and still seeing antibodies, and she said 6 months.