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