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[xEva]

Thanks Hebbeh! I'm aware of the problems with the Stanford study (it has been withdrawn, no?), but I thought that USC study was better. Or was it poo-pooed only coz it showed about the same result? But it does not matter really, coz there are other studies, NY, Dutch (-?), others (?), and they all converge to well under 1%. The indisputable Diamond Princess case came out to 0.5% adjusted. Who can argue w/ the Diamond Princess case?

[BlueCloud]

Fresh from the press , A new serological analysis on 591 individuals by the Institut Pasteur, using new techniques not yet commercialised : https://www.pasteur..../34269/download

 

- Antibodies neutralisation activity begins 7 to 15 days after first symptoms.

- In an interview elsewhere, the authors were not very optimistic for a vaccine anytime soon, if ever..

Edited by BlueCloud, 24 April 2020 - 06:13 PM.

[xEva]

the latest antibody test study results: https://www.dropbox....script.pdf?dl=0

 

Lay version: nytimes: Coronavirus Antibody Tests: Can You Trust the Results?

 

quote:

Four assays (Bioperfectus, Premier, Wondfo, in-house ELISA) achieved >80% positivity in the latest two time intervals (16-20 and >20 days) while maintaining >95% specificity.

[marcopolo]

Curious if anyone in  your office lost their sense of smell or taste without nasal symptoms like stuffy runny nose or sneezing? Did any of them suffer from serious shortness of breath, like you would get up to go to the bathroom and feel like you were climbing Mt. Everest? Or bad headaches or body aches? Those are the symptoms various family members of mine had that made this seem different from a normal upper  respiratory infection. Are there other common infections like the flu that can cause such a complete loss of smell or taste in the absence of sinus symptoms  for instance?

[Vitalist]

From Chris Kresser's email list: 

 

Should you get a COVID-19 antibody test?

 

The accuracy of an antibody test depends on several factors:

• Is the testing methodology reliable?
• Are the results reproducible?
• Are the chances of a false positive/negative low enough?

Most currently available coronavirus antibody tests fail on all of these fronts.

 

 

 

 

https://email.chrisk...9-antibody-test

 

 

[Mr Serendipity]

I’ve attached my wife’s covid antibody test she took today along with 3 other peoples covid tests she works with. She’s a key worker so the U.K. government have recently been sending tests out to them.  We were both off last month on what we suspected to be covid 19 because of the completel loss of smell and taste, low energy, annoying coughs, and for her, going really pale at times.

 

Her test (initials MP on it), is the only one that came back positive.

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[gamesguru]

I’ve attached my wife’s covid antibody test she took today along with 3 other peoples covid tests she works with. She’s a key worker so the U.K. government have recently been sending tests out to them.  We were both off last month on what we suspected to be covid 19 because of the completel loss of smell and taste, low energy, annoying coughs, and for her, going really pale at times.

 

Her test (initials MP on it), is the only one that came back positive.

 

Thanks for sharing this is very interesting.  Are you pretty sure you both caught the same bug?  Is this the new "Roche" antibody test, do you know anything about that?

[Evawatson]

Currently, our experts didn't find any particular vaccine for COVID-19. During this pandemic Coronavirus Detection Kit is helping in it. Reducing the workload of doctors also.  This testing kit is not for home testing.

[Evawatson]

I’ve attached my wife’s covid antibody test she took today along with 3 other peoples covid tests she works with. She’s a key worker so the U.K. government have recently been sending tests out to them.  We were both off last month on what we suspected to be covid 19 because of the completel loss of smell and taste, low energy, annoying coughs, and for her, going really pale at times.

 

Her test (initials MP on it), is the only one that came back positive.

 

Thanks for sharing this.