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What is the population of people who are willing to get a blood draw for an accurate antibody test but haven’t been vaccinated already and can’t afford moderate
by xadhominemx 5y ago
What is the population of people who are willing to get a blood draw for an accurate antibody test but haven’t been vaccinated already and can’t afford moderate flu-like symptoms for a day? I’m sure a small number of people like that exist but it’s not really worth carving out complex exceptions to vaccination rules (specifying which kind of antibody tests administered by who and when, etc.) to accommodate their preferences.
- jaywalk 5y agoI've got a past positive Covid test. If that's not good enough, then why shouldn't every vaccinated person also have to go through the blood draw for an accurate antibody test to confirm their immunity? The vaccines are imperfect, just like all vaccines that have ever been created.
- xadhominemx 5y agoI already said why. Please reference my previous comments.
- reducesuffering 5y agoBecause minority rights. >I’m sure a small number of people like that exist but it’s not really worth carving out complex exceptions to vaccination rules (specifying which kind of antibody tests administered by who and when, etc.) to accommodate their preferences. You might as well be saying this about accessibility rules for disabled people.
- xadhominemx 5y agoI honestly cannot tell if this is a parody comment. It is just too on the nose.
- crazygringo 5y agoYou're being downvoted and flagged because your comments are breaking site guidelines: "Be kind. Don't be snarky.... Please don't sneer, including at the rest of the community." [1] If you want to participate here, please don't make comments like this one. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- xadhominemx 5y agoWho are you?
- crazygringo 5y agoWhat are you even still trying to argue? First you claimed antibody tests are inaccurate, which is totally false. Now you're worrying that there are too many antibody tests...? Just like there are 3 vaccines, at least in NYC there are/were only 3 or 4 main antibody tests administered by the city. It's super easy. Basically nobody's anti-antibody test the way there are anti-vaxxers, so it's actually a significant proportion of the population. And you know what? Being sick and useless for a day or two is actually a big impact on people's lives, I don't know why you're so uncaring. It would obviously be beneficial if the commonly recognized antibody tests carried the same weight as a vaccine card, i.e. an equivalent standardized "antibody card".