Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19
by dorfsmay on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:37AM
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Is there a test, or, what are the chances that there will be a test, to check if somebody already had covid19?
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Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19
by jamesrcole on Thursday March 19, 2020 @11:50AM
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I had been wondering this too
I know of one that’s in the works https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2020/02/singapore-claims-fir...
I have seen other talk about such tests on Twitter but it’s too difficult to find it now.
Such tests seem to be called antibody tests or serological tests/assays.
EDIT: this twitter thread discusses such tests https://twitter.com/nachristakis/status/1240689935557865472?...
Re:New research shows social distancing a must to beat Covid-19
by kire2345 on Thursday March 19, 2020 @12:16PM
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The German virologist Christian Drosten mentioned in his daily coronavirus update that some specialized labs at least in Germany are able to do an antibody blood test.
There are also some commercial antibody tests, which have some error rate and as all antibody tests can identify the virus after 7-10 days after onset of symptoms.
https://www.ndr.de/nachrichten/info/15-Coronavirus-Update-In...