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Apr 3, 2020
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Run-DMT
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Circulating IgG antibody levels to a virus is a way to confirm immunity.
This is how immunity to hepatitis B is confirmed, for example.
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Good news: Random testing shows several in Italy had covid who thought they
BYUCougarsFan
4/3/20 8:20pm
Very interesting
ABCoug
4/3/20 8:21pm
Way to undersell! Several = 66%.
Plato
4/3/20 8:22pm
Not really underselling. Sure it is 2/3 but still a total of 40 people
Y05
4/3/20 9:45pm
I've never heard 40 referred to as several. 2 score!
Plato
4/3/20 9:59pm
I have always thought it is widespread, started in Jan
johnnycarson
4/3/20 8:24pm
They want it both ways. It's super contagious, but somehow just hung around for
Harbinger
4/3/20 8:26pm
That's wild. If that's the case, herd immunity is there.
ebv
4/3/20 8:25pm
I didn’t think antibody tests were working yet.
8-track
4/3/20 8:27pm
This would be my concern
webster242
4/3/20 8:39pm
FDA authorized test.
ORCoug
4/3/20 9:06pm
Terrible decision making based on terrible information.
Coach's Dad
4/3/20 8:31pm
Agreed. The answer has always been to put all resources we can into testing.
johnnybyu
4/3/20 8:35pm
The solution to false positives is more testing, not less
webster242
4/3/20 8:40pm
I am in agreement. The more testing you do the better you get at it, the lower
johnnybyu
4/3/20 8:54pm
Yep from the beginning the govt should have made it very clear they would pay
Coach's Dad
4/3/20 8:44pm
Yep should have been a wartime effort in getting testing stations on every
johnnybyu
4/3/20 9:00pm
Could have saved 1.5 trillion.
Coach's Dad
4/3/20 9:01pm
Totally agree. People were saying the economics didn't work because testing
johnnybyu
4/3/20 9:07pm
If true this is a game changer. We really need to test everyone so we have
johnnybyu
4/3/20 8:34pm
IMO, Utah is going to test really high in serology testing.
Lance71
4/3/20 9:11pm
Why? Lot of Chinese tourists in Utah?
byu1
4/3/20 9:38pm
We need to do the serology testing in mass numbers
Run-DMT
4/3/20 8:42pm
Great News: Utah is now doing randomized testing
akmewg
4/3/20 8:44pm
The test they got from China were unreliable and faulty
travelcoug
4/3/20 9:12pm
Wow
byu1
4/3/20 9:21pm
Not to be a Debbie downer, but antibody testing has a much higher probability of
doctorcoug
4/3/20 9:24pm
I think most people have false sense of doom
ABCoug
4/3/20 9:35pm
Lol. I think people should take a deep breath. After seeing our plans, I think
doctorcoug
4/3/20 9:47pm
That's not a high confidence interval?
Plato
4/3/20 10:01pm
It's pretty good, but it is compared to something that we have no comparison
doctorcoug
4/3/20 10:05pm
Neither pcr or viral culture will prove immunity. Needs to be serologic test
Run-DMT
4/3/20 11:06pm
It’s the same reason I see so many people with “Lyme Disease”
Nakedbootleg
4/3/20 10:25pm
This is precisely the point. I had a patient with measles symptoms. Antibody for
doctorcoug
4/3/20 10:57pm
Circulating IgG antibody levels to a virus is a way to confirm immunity.
Run-DMT
4/3/20 11:12pm
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