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That's an antibody detection test, not an RNA sequencing test. You need to have had the virus for long enough for your body to have started to produce antibodie
by ohazi 7y ago
That's an antibody detection test, not an RNA sequencing test. You need to have had the virus for long enough for your body to have started to produce antibodies against the virus. It's useful for determining whether the cough you had last week was or wasn't coronavirus, but not so good for early detection.
- selectodude 7y agoWhich is useful in its own way. Allows you to stop worrying about getting it again (assuming it doesn’t mutate).
- pmoriarty 7y agoEven if it doesn't mutate it might be possible to get it again due to a weakening of acquired immunity over time. This possibility was discussed on episode 591 on This Week in Virology.[1] I wrote up a transcript of the relevant segment here: [2] [1] - http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-591/ http://www.microbe.tv/twiv/twiv-591/ about 15 minutes and 50 seconds in to the program [2] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22609136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22609136