My test results came back NEGATIVE. This means one of three things: 1) I did not have coronavirus (highly unlikely) 2) The antibody test is tracing a mutated version of the virus than what I had in Jan 3) Antibodies don’t stay in the body after 4 months & won’t provide immunityhttps://twitter.com/andrewkimmel/status/1258436032506155011 …
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Stated with my lab results: “...the duration of time antibodies are present post-infection is not well characterized. At this time, it is unknown for how long antibodies persist following infection and if the presence of antibodies confers protective immunity...”
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“...Individuals may have detectable virus by molecular testing present for several weeks following seroconversion. Negative results do not preclude acute SARS-CoV-2 infection.” It’s been four months since I was ill with all symptoms.
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Depends on what kind of
#SARSCoV2#antibody test you are getting. There are 90 out there, most are not validated and many give inaccurate results.https://www.theverge.com/2020/5/7/21248734/coronavirus-antibody-tests-explained-covid-19-immunity-accurate …1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
I did my test with Quest Labs
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