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FYI, you can buy yourself an antibody test online directly from Quest Labs for $119.

mysterypie 6y ago
That’s great news; here’s the link: https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/ https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/ However, I’m disappointed that it’s not available in the states of AK, HI, OK, AZ, IN, nor outside of the U.S. Further silliness is that in CA and OR you have to wait a week to get the results because California and Oregon state laws require that lab results be held for 7 days before Quest can release them; this hold is in place so that your physician has the opportunity to discuss your lab test results with you prior to you receiving them. Another annoyance is the little questionnaire you have to go through before they agree to sell it to you. You have to divine their intentions for each question. If you don’t answer “correctly”, this is what you get and they won’t sell it to you: This test is not right for you. Based on your response, you may still have an active COVID-19 infection and this test may not be right for you at this time. COVID-19 Immune Response testing is specifically used to check for an immune response to the virus which can take time after an active infection. I understand all that. I just want to buy the test. Maybe I want to keep it for a day when I or someone I know needs it. Or whatever reason. Why force users to reverse engineer the questions and then lie to get it? Also if you give your date of birth as less than 18, you get the same “This test is not right for you” refusal. I guess they don’t want to sell to minors, though the message is deceptive since it has to do with regulation and not whether the infection is active. So if you’re buying it to test your children, you again have to lie to their questionnaire since the questions are posed for the person taking the test. The bureaucracy surrounding medical products is just horrible.
- tsimionescu 6y ago
  Why do you feel that anyone is entitled to buy their test even if they do not meet their criteria for who they believe should receive their test? A test is not a life-saving device, especially for a test that only detects recovered patients.

That’s great news; here’s the link: https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/ https://questdirect.questdiagnostics.com/products/ However, I’m disappointed that it’s not available in the states of AK, HI, OK, AZ, IN, nor outside of the U.S. Further silliness is that in CA and OR you have to wait a week to get the results because California and Oregon state laws require that lab results be held for 7 days before Quest can release them; this hold is in place so that your physician has the opportunity to discuss your lab test results with you prior to you receiving them. Another annoyance is the little questionnaire you have to go through before they agree to sell it to you. You have to divine their intentions for each question. If you don’t answer “correctly”, this is what you get and they won’t sell it to you: This test is not right for you. Based on your response, you may still have an active COVID-19 infection and this test may not be right for you at this time. COVID-19 Immune Response testing is specifically used to check for an immune response to the virus which can take time after an active infection. I understand all that. I just want to buy the test. Maybe I want to keep it for a day when I or someone I know needs it. Or whatever reason. Why force users to reverse engineer the questions and then lie to get it? Also if you give your date of birth as less than 18, you get the same “This test is not right for you” refusal. I guess they don’t want to sell to minors, though the message is deceptive since it has to do with regulation and not whether the infection is active. So if you’re buying it to test your children, you again have to lie to their questionnaire since the questions are posed for the person taking the test. The bureaucracy surrounding medical products is just horrible.

tsimionescu 6y ago
Why do you feel that anyone is entitled to buy their test even if they do not meet their criteria for who they believe should receive their test? A test is not a life-saving device, especially for a test that only detects recovered patients.