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To: Hattie

Maybe it’ll be test several times a day, now if only had a few billion tests available to get started with the testings ...


67 posted on 04/15/2020 9:53:36 AM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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To: relee

Immune antibody testing perhaps...not testing for antigen shedding.


71 posted on 04/15/2020 9:55:09 AM PDT by mdmathis6
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To: relee

People keep referring to testing without knowing the first thing scientifically about the testing. They’re two very distinct tests that give very different results. One tests for the coronavirus antigen, the other tests for the antibodies that form after infection and seroconversion of having a active case of covid19. The test to let people out for unlimited work access is the antibodies test that proves you have had covid19 and with a corresponding negative antigen test you are no longer experiencing an active covid19 infection. BOTH tests are needed to prove immunity and also lack of infectious disease transmission ability. Testing positive for the antigen means full quarantine as you have an active case of covid19. Testing negative for both means no active infection and also no immunity. Testing positive for the antigen and negative for the antibodies means you have a recent covid19 infection that your body jas not begun fighting yet. Testing positive for both means you have an active covid19 case and are infectious but also building immunity should you survive, positive for both still means quarantine as you will infect others.


80 posted on 04/15/2020 10:06:11 AM PDT by JD_UTDallas ("Veni Vidi Vici")
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