Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS-CoV-2

Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by johnisgood on Tuesday October 12, 2021 @10:47PM (#28847671)

> suddenly everyone who has a cough thinks they don't need to get vaccinated.

But we can do testing.

For the record:

> Earlier estimates that 80% of infections are asymptomatic were too high and have since been revised down to between 17% and 20% of people with infections.[1]

> It’s also unclear to what extent people with no symptoms transmit SARS-CoV-2. The only test for live virus is viral culture. PCR and lateral flow tests do not distinguish live virus. No test of infection or infectiousness is currently available for routine use.678 As things stand, a person who tests positive with any kind of test may or may not have an active infection with live virus, and may or may not be infectious.[1]

[1] https://www.bmj.com/content/371/bmj.m4851

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Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by micromacrofoot on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @09:51AM (#28852035)

Testing is less reliable than a shot in the arm, there's literally no reason for the additional complication. Get the shot.

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Re:Scientists discover a highly potent antibody against SARS... by johnisgood on Wednesday October 13, 2021 @01:02PM (#28854649)

Getting the shot is not reliable at all either. How would we know without testing anyway? As I said in another comment: nursing students got the hepatitis B vaccine, and it turns out they were still not immune after the 2nd shot. How do we know how many people are actually immune without testing? Having vaccinated is not exactly a certainty of anything.

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