How long before there is a run on these?
First, it was N95 masks, then toilet paper, then hand sanitizer, and now nicotine patches; but we suspect the next virus-related item to be in ‘shortage’ is here… the COVID-19 Antibody Test.
Quest Diagnostics has begun to sell its COVID-19 antibody test:
This test checks for a type of antibody called immunoglobulin G (IgG) that is the result of past or recent exposure to COVID-19, also known as the novel coronavirus. The human body produces IgG antibodies as part of the immune response to the virus. It usually takes around 10 to 18 days to produce enough antibodies to be detected in the blood.
Test results may help identify if you were previously exposed to the virus and, if exposed, can check whether or not your body has produced antibodies. Antibodies typically suggest protective immunity after you’ve recovered or been exposed to COVID-19. However, evidence is still being collected to determine if IgG antibodies provide protective immunity against SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 infection.
- If you were never diagnosed with COVID-19, this test can help determine if you may have been previously exposed to the virus.
- If you were diagnosed with COVID-19, this test can check whether or not your body has produced antibodies.
Multiple sources, including the CDC and healthcare experts, recommend you discuss your test results and whether to return to work with your healthcare provider and employer.
For the safety of our patients and employees, we have limited appointment times for COVID-19 Immune Response testing.
This test may be helpful if you:
- Have had a positive test for COVID-19 and it has been at least 7 days and you want to know if you have detectable levels of IgG antibodies
- Have not experienced a fever or felt feverish in the last 3 days
- Have not experienced new or worsening symptoms of COVID-19 in the past 10 days: loss of smell or taste, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, feeling weak or lethargic, lightheadedness or dizziness, vomiting or diarrhea, slurred speech, and/or seizures
This test may NOT be helpful if you are:
- Feeling sick or have had a fever within the last 3 full days, please contact a healthcare provider
- Trying to diagnose COVID-19, please contact a healthcare provider
- Less than 7 days since being tested for and diagnosed with COVID-19
- Directly exposed to COVID-19 in the past 14 days
- A person with a compromised immune system, a condition that makes it difficult to fight infections
For the latest information on COVID-19, please visit our website for information for patients.
Note: This test can sometimes detect antibodies from other coronaviruses, which can cause a false positive result if you have been previously diagnosed with or exposed to other types of coronaviruses. Additionally, if you test too soon, your body may not have produced enough IgG antibodies to be detected by the test yet, which can lead to a false negative result.
At this time, antibody testing is mainly used in studies to determine how much of the population has been exposed to COVID-19. There is not enough evidence at this time to suggest that people who have IgG antibodies are protected against future COVID-19 infection. Positive or negative antibody tests do not rule out the possibility of COVID-19 infection. Results also do not provide any information on whether you can spread the virus to others.
Antibody testing is going to be the next big project in attempting to understand and control the coronavirus outbreak in the United States. It’ll give us data not only on who currently has the virus, but much needed data on who has already had the virus.
This will help the country shape the picture of how far the virus has run its course and what areas could potentially be close to herd immunity, if any. More importantly, it shows whether or not people have encountered the virus despite potentially not ever having symptoms.
The big question is – will Quest be reporting the results back to big brother (and Bill Gates) for your own good?
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Who hasn’t been in contact with a corona virus at some point? Since it can’t distinguish between Covid-19 and other similar virus types, what good is it?
This is another way to hype the statistics by simply assuming it must be Covid-19 should the test return a positive AND have the population pay for the propaganda it will generate. These people are geniuses when it comes to milking the population.
Antibodies from known coronaviruses, like the common cold, dissipate after 6 months or so. So you could get a false positive for exposure to a difference coronavirus in the last 6 month or so but not over the course of your lifetime. If the test works at all. Which is a big if.
6 Months – that’s just another bullshit number that’s thrown around as though there’s some validity behind it. Could it be 5.5 months or 6.5 months? How about 4 months or 8 months?
No one KNOWS about how this might work for any particular individual in any particular situation. That’s why these tests are unreliable and not worth taking.
Even if you’re sick and you suspect you may have Covid-19, this test is too unreliable to use for any real diagnostic work. What needs to be done is take a sample and put it under an electron microscope and have someone who does know his ass from a hole in the ground to determine what it is he’s looking at. Short of that, everything is just a guess, even an educated guess. All these cheap tests are crap.
virus smirush.
Ask you self: why did the world turn upside down over a new (novel) virus?
is it because it was an evil man made virus that escaped? or worse, released?
never in all my 57 years on this planet, have I seen the entire world, turn on a dime, over some stupid virus that appears as lethal as the ordinary flu.
Therefore I must conclude that this is a man made mess, and was done intentionally.
We as a species, have allowed hairless monkeys to manipulate the genomes of viruses, that have the potential to wipe out the species. These hairless monkeys are funded by our taxes, and yet we have no say in what the work on. I can tell you that their efforts are not benevolent.
70 years ago it was the axis powers (Germans, japs, Italian)
60 years ago it was then the commies and the bomb
50 years ago it was the domino theory and Vietnam
40 years ago, it was still the commies
30 years ago, we had no enemies, so we started the policy of regime change by destroying Yugoslavia
(thanks Clinton Crime Inc)
20 years ago, we were attacked (I tell ya) by 19 cats with box cutters, and you thought that was bad.
10 years ago, were were still being attacked by camel jockeys (I tell ya)
now that is all over, and we live in constant fear, we stay inside, only venturing out with home made masks, because our fearless leaders have decided what is best for us.
There is one silver lining in all this: That whiney little bitch is no longer frowning and lecturing us about how we stole her child hood.
WHO exposed as LIARS and truly evil enemies of the people grifting for Gates vaccine!! Cancel their Existence Sir.
This is a walk-in appointment for an antibody test. It ends up being 130 bucks with the physician fee. I scheduled one for myself for Thursday at 3pm. I am assuming I have the anitibodies as I was very ill in December with all the symptoms. I’ll let you know how it goes.
And if you test positive, off to the nursing home with you!
This test may NOT be helpful if you are:
Directly exposed to COVID-19 in the past 14 days
so…. it’s basically useless as any kind of social safety? great job guys.
Think positive, you won’t have to get the mandatory vaccine.
why isn’t the CARES act paying for this?
if only half of my county of 440k took this test… that would be a 29 million dollar profit for quest.
I feel no need to pay for a test,I just lick public doorknobs and handles and have yet to get sick,thus,must have already had the mexi beer virus.I do clean diligently any licked handles well with rubbing alcohol/aloe mix been using for a few months.Free test and clean doorknobs/handles for others,a win/win!
you’re a knob sucker? who knew? /sarc. I used to be a germaphobe. Still practice practical sanitation, but this fucking government ain’t telling me what to do. I guess my hatred of this gubbmint has overcome my germophobieness. There’s a win.