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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Apr 14, 2020 11:44:13 GMT -5
If you had a way to purchase a COVID19 antibody test and test yourself at home, would you?
Finger stick, FDA approved test, results in 15 min. Shows antibody/immunity.
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Post by Peachy on Apr 14, 2020 12:26:28 GMT -5
If it was affordable, yes.
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Post by GiftOfFlavor on Apr 14, 2020 12:29:38 GMT -5
If it was affordable, yes. What is “affordable” for this? |
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Post by niccikatie on Apr 14, 2020 12:36:49 GMT -5
One that's on the EUA list (https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-medical-devices/emergency-use-authorizations#covid19ivd)? I'm following the guidance of our Health Department (https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/coronavirus/hcp/sarscov2test.pdf), so I wouldn't right now. I've explored buying the Abbott IDNow system for the clinics I support, but they're not allowed to sell anywhere outside the hotspots per their EUA. And, based on the MDH guidance, we're going to wait, anyway.
But, when there are accurate tests and we know how to reliably interpret the results? Absolutely I'd get one done - at that time I likely wouldn't have to purchase myself.
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Post by Peachy on Apr 14, 2020 12:46:35 GMT -5
If it was affordable, yes. What is “affordable” for this? Depends on the person and their financial situation. |
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Post by villanelle on Apr 14, 2020 14:28:40 GMT -5
Based on what I've read, there hasn't been any research into whether having had it prevents you from getting it again (and if it does, for how long). Based on that, I think all excitement about an antibody test is premature. Talk that we can let people go back to work if they have antibodies supposes that means they can't re-catch (and thus re-spread the disease). While that's usually how it works, it seems that it needn't always be how it works.
So until then, I don't think knowing is actionable, and therefore I wouldn't be interested. Once we are confident that antibodies=safe, at least for some limited period of time, I might want to know, But since we are on lockdown anyway, I don't think I could or should be out regardless. So even then, I'm not sure I'd pay to have the test, unless a program was rolled out that somehow formalized a program to let positive people go out.
The other problem I see is that if we say, "if yo are positive, you can return to life Outside", then people are going to take advantage, claiming they are positive (sharing whatever documentation someoen might get, even) in order to be able to return to work or even just because they want to be out and about.
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Post by maurinsky on Apr 14, 2020 17:07:22 GMT -5
Major League Baseball is participating in an antibody study.
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Post by nansel on Apr 14, 2020 17:36:46 GMT -5
As things stand now, no. There would be no practical purpose.
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Post by Inky on Apr 14, 2020 19:30:26 GMT -5
As things stand now, no. There would be no practical purpose. Same here. We've been very careful about social distancing and self isolation. DD works at a long term care home that has covid 19 although she's management and doesn't interact directly with residents generally (though she's pitching in now doing other things, like feeding, since she has that certificate) She is the one doing our groceries, but is extremely careful plus they will start testing on friday in her department. I seriously doubt she'll test positive. |
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Post by justthinking on Apr 14, 2020 22:46:38 GMT -5
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Post by villanelle on Apr 15, 2020 13:49:26 GMT -5
I read shit news last night that a mutation (I think from cases in India, maybe?) in a key component of the virus means that all the vaccination efforts could be for naught and/or that there could end up being so many variants out there that we will need to keep recreating vaccinations, like we do for the flu.
Not only is that terrifying, but i wonder what it means for antibody tests. You could have anitbodies for CV1 and 2, but not be immune to 3 and 4, as time passes and it continues to mutate in meaningful ways. So just has having had the flu and/or been vaccinated doesn't mean you can never get any flu again, so to could it be with Covid-19.
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Post by mare on Apr 15, 2020 13:56:07 GMT -5
I read shit news last night that a mutation (I think from cases in India, maybe?) in a key component of the virus means that all the vaccination efforts could be for naught and/or that there could end up being so many variants out there that we will need to keep recreating vaccinations, like we do for the flu. Not only is that terrifying, but i wonder what it means for antibody tests. You could have anitbodies for CV1 and 2, but not be immune to 3 and 4, as time passes and it continues to mutate in meaningful ways. So just has having had the flu and/or been vaccinated doesn't mean you can never get any flu again, so to could it be with Covid-19. My assumption is that there will eventually be a seasonal coronavirus shot for known strains. Some will be missed. I also think it will not be as serious going forward as we develop immunity to other strains. We don't have serious flu strains every year (like H1N1 or the Spanish Flu). It's not in a virus' best interest to kill off its hosts. I would think that it would mutate into less serious strains. If this did originally come from bats or pangolins, the virus is adapted for those animals and I would assume it wasn't a serious illness for them. I think as it establishes itself in humans, it will mutate so it's not so serious for us. |
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