I know you can buy CV-19 "tests" over the counter in the drugstore these days to see if you have CV-19 (despite the question about numerous false positives). But what I want to know is if I've developed antibodies through natural immunity. I had COVID at the very beginning of all of this, before we knew what it was - confirmed by my doctor but not by an antibody test.
I know it would be a blood test, but is anyone aware of an OTC test that you could run on yourself? Like a reagent strip that you prick your finger and use a drop of blood? I definitely don't want to be tested by "the system", but I would like to know.
NO....go to donate blood...they do the antibody test and will tell you. Free...and if you decide you don't want to donate after learning, you are free to leave, change your mind. Maybe they tell you that you have the antibodies, but you don't want 'others' to know, by donating. Just change your mind and decide to leave, before eating any cookies, as those are for those donating to raise their blood sugar.
I heard that the Red Cross recently stopped doing antibody testing on donated blood. I heard that anecdotally, but their website says they have stopped as well:
https://www.redcrossblood.org/donate-blood/dlp/covid-19-antibody-testing.html
If you were infected with Sars-cov-2 and developed antibodies, those antibodies would not remain in your system past 6 months approximatively.
However the blueprint to make those antibodies remains in what is called memory cells so that if you are exposed to the virus again you can quickly whip up new antibodies specific to Sars-cov-2 and fight off the infection. So you may be immune to Sars-cov-2 but not show antibodies for it in a blood test.
That is correct. I had an antigen test done in February after having what I thought was Covid in December. I tested positive. If you wait too long the antibioties don't show up, like this person says.
Exactly. But long after the antibodies are gone (at least 17 years according to studies) you have T-cells in the bone marrow, which will be called on to produce antibodies if/when required.
Yes, I read that too! Good news for us who have had covid! I saw that those that had SARS/Cov1 17 years ago still had natural immunity, probably also to SARS/Cov2.
No… and they are not easily accessed..
I called the lab in my state to find out why they were not administering these tests-no answer, and if I wanted one how I would go about getting one, you have to request it from your doctor and have them write up the lab slip..
It’s a blood draw…
Research to make sure they use the proper tubes for antibodies which I believe are gold and pink…
They have been doing funny things..
I know in some hospitals they have a capillary (finger stick) that can test for the antibodies but I’m not sure what offices would have them and I would trust a full blood draw more..
Don't believe you can DIY this one. You can buy them in London and I have thought about getting one - no idea why really as they are not much practical use. Would just like to know.
About 250 US Dollars https://privateharleystreetclinic.com/products/t-spot-covid-test
UPDATE: My (awake) doctor suggested we could have our antibodies tested and that the government was "still paying for the tests". Well, if the government is paying for them, I highly suspect they're getting something from them - like maybe my DNA? So no thank you, I will continue to stay as far away from this system as possible and continue to refuse vaccines AND tests. My trust in almost everyone and everything medical has been shattered.