Tag: antibody tests

How can you tell if a coronavirus vaccine has given you immunity?

Not everyone will have side effects such as a sore arm from a coronavirus vaccine, but that doesn’t mean it didn’t work. Antibody tests can confirm your immunity, but they must be the right kind Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2267170-how-can-you-tell-if-a-coronavirus-vaccine-has-given-you-immunity/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

Should you pay for a coronavirus test? Here’s what you need to know

Antibody tests can reveal if you have had and recovered from the coronavirus. But how accurate are these tests and how useful are their results? Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/2246514-should-you-pay-for-a-coronavirus-test-heres-what-you-need-to-know/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

How many of us are likely to have caught the coronavirus so far?

Modelling and antibody tests are estimating what proportion of people have already caught the coronavirus – and it looks like herd immunity is a long way off Source: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24632873-000-how-many-of-us-are-likely-to-have-caught-the-coronavirus-so-far/?utm_campaign=RSS%7CNSNS&utm_source=NSNS&utm_medium=RSS&utm_content=home…

As Coronavirus Hospitalizations Rise in the US, Many States Hide Their Data

In America, “Federal and state officials across the country have altered or hidden public health data crucial to tracking the coronavirus’ spread, hindering the ability to detect a surge of infections as President Donald Trump pushes the nation to reopen rapidly,” reports Politico: In at least a dozen states, health departments have inflated testing numbers or deflated death tallies by changing…

America’s CDC and 11 States Erroneously Conflated Two Kinds of Coronavirus Tests

America’s Center for Disease Control “is conflating viral and antibody tests…” writes the Atlantic, “distorting several important metrics and providing the country with an inaccurate picture of the state of the pandemic.” Thelasko shared their report:
We’ve learned that the CDC is making, at best, a debilitating mistake: combining test results that diagnose current coronavirus infections with test results that measure whether…