Antibody Test Approved

[Apc2604]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/coronavirus-antibody-test-approval-news-europe-uk-accuracy-abbot-a9490026.html?amp

[Apc2604]

Personally, I feel pleased as both OH and I were ill in mid January, OH with exact symptoms.

[tiggerblue10]

Yes, this is good news. I hope that it will be mentioned at some point during the briefings by the medical and science profs for credibility.

[fiction-factory]

I hope this is true. There has been a false dawn on this before. It's odd that there doesn't seem to be anything on this on other sites I've looked at though

[ToraToraTora]

must be true FF, It's in the indy!

[youngmafbog]

I'm afraid I had to stop at : "Global diagnostics specialists Abbott,"

Seriously, if true it will be good news.

[fiction-factory]

I've still not heard any other mention of this. Nothing came up at the briefing yesterday

[Apc2604]

There was one other source in the Daily Mail, but I thought I better keep quiet! ;o)

[justinej]

It's actually available from some online sellers now! Cheapest I've seen is on Treated.com £49

[bednobs]

what use will an antibody test be?

[jno]

itwas approved in the UK a week ago, by the look of it

https://www.ft.com/content/14b69e2b-c55b-48e0-8c66-2232f2e857df

[Prudie]

A relative who lives in Switzerland paid for one of these tests a week or so ago and got a positive result that he had had Covid (unknowingly). He had a very bad cold in January. To him it means to a large extent he is now immune and can't pass it on either. That's the idea behind it although there will always be exceptions.

[bednobs]

I don't think anyone knows whether having it previously confers immunity do they? Catching the common cold does not prevent you catching it again

[Vagus]

Other half had a three day very sore throat about two weeks ago, didn’t tell me till five days after it stopped. I also had a ‘funny’ throat around the same time.
I’d be very interested to know if what we both had was COVID or not, especially since I’m in a high risk group, and according to letter I received yesterday ( the third I’ve had from the NHS) I should be shielding, which I’m not.

[Prudie]

I think that's the idea behind it yes. The common cold isn't just a single virus, it's all the various mutations. I suppose Covid will do the same. However don't we gain some immunity from colds as we age? I remember as a teenager and young adult I had colds every couple of months. Now it's maybe one every 5 years, in fact I can't remember the last time I had an actual sneezing blowing the nose head cold.

[jno]

I don't think we knw a whole lot at the moment, bednobs. There's been a case of a woman who apparently contracted Covid in India but has only just tested postitive in Australia two months later

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/coronavirus-queensland-woman-india-two-months/12251998