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by op00to 1094 days ago
Did you get a test to see if you actually avoided Covid?
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We did normal Covid tests for work. Maybe I should do an antibody test. Would be interesting...
I was very interested at the results of my spouse's antibody test! It was negative, and we thought for sure she had antibodies from infection. I have no scientific evidence, but she has genetic abnormalities in certain blood proteins, and I wonder if that assists with her resisting the infection!
antibodies are only measurable for a short time; long-term ability to defend is "learned" by the immune system but not measurable in any ordinary way; here in California coastal area there is a lot of social pressure about vaccination. Random people still insist that vaccination is important for healthy adults and sometimes under-18.
Unless you've been infected within the last 6 months or so at this point an antibody test is probably useless.