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Testing for immunity could easily cost more than the vaccine. Also most people haven't caught it yet, so you'd need to give them the vaccine anyways.
by seoaeu 5y ago
Testing for immunity could easily cost more than the vaccine. Also most people haven't caught it yet, so you'd need to give them the vaccine anyways.
- maxerickson 5y agoThe antibody tests are like $5.
- gregwebs 5y agoWhere can I get such a test that is accurate and shows a quantitative number)? Quest charges $80.
- maxerickson 5y agoI mean, the vaccine in the US is $0, so it's kind of moot, a test will cost more than the vaccine. I was sort of thinking of the cost of doing the test when I said $5, rather than the retail cost (really, that's what I was thinking about!).
- AndrewBissell 5y agoThe T cell immunity test is what will be relevant for anyone who was infected a significant amount of time ago, and last I saw those were about $200.
- seoaeu 5y agoI was guessing higher than that, but even that price isn't wildly out of line with the prices that governments are paying for vaccines (between $2 and $40 per dose).