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POLL: Have you had Covid 19?
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I’ve not had a test, but I'm fairly sure I've had it.I know the concerns @cantersaddick and I would not use a finger prick test. However I do think there are high accuracy lab tests available if you give a decent amount of blood.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-abbott/study-suggests-abbott-covid-19-antibody-test-highly-likely-to-give-correct-results-idUKKBN22K23O
we will be going in to the doctors and having intravenous blood taken which is the basis upon which both the Abbott and Roche tests obtained their 99.9% accuracy (maybe a bit lower at 97%) and 100% specificity (targeted at COVID-19 rather than other Corona viruses.
The people we will be seeing use the Abbott test.0 -
I don't think I've had it.
Yes, the laboratory analysed tests, assuming they are Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) tests, are very accurate.Alwaysneil said:I know the concerns @cantersaddick and I would not use a finger prick test. However I do think there are high accuracy lab tests available if you give a decent amount of blood.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-abbott/study-suggests-abbott-covid-19-antibody-test-highly-likely-to-give-correct-results-idUKKBN22K23O
we will be going in to the doctors and having intravenous blood taken which is the basis upon which both the Abbott and Roche tests obtained their 99.9% accuracy (maybe a bit lower at 97%) and 100% specificity (targeted at COVID-19 rather than other Corona viruses.
The people we will be seeing use the Abbott test.0 -
Alwaysneil said:I know the concerns @cantersaddick and I would not use a finger prick test. However I do think there are high accuracy lab tests available if you give a decent amount of blood.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-abbott/study-suggests-abbott-covid-19-antibody-test-highly-likely-to-give-correct-results-idUKKBN22K23O
we will be going in to the doctors and having intravenous blood taken which is the basis upon which both the Abbott and Roche tests obtained their 99.9% accuracy (maybe a bit lower at 97%) and 100% specificity (targeted at COVID-19 rather than other Corona viruses.
The people we will be seeing use the Abbott test.
Sounds good. Glad you've done your research. Best of luck.bobmunro said:
Yes, the laboratory analysed tests, assuming they are Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) tests, are very accurate.Alwaysneil said:I know the concerns @cantersaddick and I would not use a finger prick test. However I do think there are high accuracy lab tests available if you give a decent amount of blood.
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-health-coronavirus-abbott/study-suggests-abbott-covid-19-antibody-test-highly-likely-to-give-correct-results-idUKKBN22K23O
we will be going in to the doctors and having intravenous blood taken which is the basis upon which both the Abbott and Roche tests obtained their 99.9% accuracy (maybe a bit lower at 97%) and 100% specificity (targeted at COVID-19 rather than other Corona viruses.
The people we will be seeing use the Abbott test.0 -
I’ve not had a test, but I'm fairly sure I've had it.
Announced tonight there is, from Switzerland.cantersaddick said:Alwaysneil said:I have decided to get me and my son antibody tested tomorrow. We will know then.He had all the symptoms at about the right time given my exposure to work colleagues who also had them all. I had very little.
by Friday or Monday we will know if we did or didn’t have it.
Guys just a word of warning. Dint be taking the result of any antibody test as a given. There are currently none in existence that meet Public Health England's standards for accuracy or reliability. They are still saying you are better off not having one as a false positive could cause you to take even the smallest of risks which could then put you in danger.peterreeves said:
Can you let me know which product you went with please? Was it that firm in Wales or someone else. Wouldn't normally ask but I'm on the Vulnerable list and think I had this damn virus back in January. ThanksAlwaysneil said:I have decided to get me and my son antibody tested tomorrow. We will know then.He had all the symptoms at about the right time given my exposure to work colleagues who also had them all. I had very little.
by Friday or Monday we will know if we did or didn’t have it.
I would wait until the pass one as accurate enough.1 -
I’ve not had a test, but I'm fairly sure I've had it.A good side study to this would be how many people have had "flu". Ever. I mean proper flu, not a cold, not flu like symptoms. Not a bit fluy.
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I'm sure I've not had it.Over 50 male asthmatic
If I’d contracted this virus statistically I’d be fucked for weeks
guided by the science I probably haven’t been exposed
shame there’s no properly reliable antibody tests only then could I find out if I’m a lucky genetic freak who could be donating plasma
on the subject of which. Any of you that have lived through this infection largely unscathed you need to be on the blood plasma donation scheme. It’s proper scientific genius and helps to save lives for half an hour of your time and a tiny scratch on your arm - there’s tea n biscuits too!0 -
I’ve not had a test, but I'm fairly sure I've had it.https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/may/13/public-health-england-approves-roche-test-for-coronavirus-antibodies
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Thanks Canters just seen the papers this morning about Roche... How did you know?? Will now wait rather than pay out nearly a hundred quid.cantersaddick said:Alwaysneil said:I have decided to get me and my son antibody tested tomorrow. We will know then.He had all the symptoms at about the right time given my exposure to work colleagues who also had them all. I had very little.
by Friday or Monday we will know if we did or didn’t have it.
Guys just a word of warning. Dint be taking the result of any antibody test as a given. There are currently none in existence that meet Public Health England's standards for accuracy or reliability. They are still saying you are better off not having one as a false positive could cause you to take even the smallest of risks which could then put you in danger.peterreeves said:
Can you let me know which product you went with please? Was it that firm in Wales or someone else. Wouldn't normally ask but I'm on the Vulnerable list and think I had this damn virus back in January. ThanksAlwaysneil said:I have decided to get me and my son antibody tested tomorrow. We will know then.He had all the symptoms at about the right time given my exposure to work colleagues who also had them all. I had very little.
by Friday or Monday we will know if we did or didn’t have it.
I would wait until the pass one as accurate enough.0 -
I’ve not had a test, but I'm fairly sure I've had it.
I signed up for the blood plasma scheme (especially as one of the main test centres is quite near me), not heard back yet.StigThundercock said:Over 50 male asthmatic
If I’d contracted this virus statistically I’d be fucked for weeks
guided by the science I probably haven’t been exposed
shame there’s no properly reliable antibody tests only then could I find out if I’m a lucky genetic freak who could be donating plasma
on the subject of which. Any of you that have lived through this infection largely unscathed you need to be on the blood plasma donation scheme. It’s proper scientific genius and helps to save lives for half an hour of your time and a tiny scratch on your arm - there’s tea n biscuits too!
I was also genuinely interested in being a vaccine guineapig, but as I had a fever in March was ruled out0
