I find it troubling that official guidance in US is to assume protection based on vaccine receipt, regardless of antibody status (even if completely Ab negative)..
meanwhile guidance says NOT to assume anything about our protection based on being antibody positive vs negative
meanwhile guidance says NOT to assume anything about our protection based on being antibody positive vs negative
Personally, I'd rather be antibody positive than antibody negative.
I'm having trouble understanding why evaluating Ab responses is so frowned upon here
This reminds me a bit of the early view of rapid tests... We don't know everything, so better to just know no information.
I'm having trouble understanding why evaluating Ab responses is so frowned upon here
This reminds me a bit of the early view of rapid tests... We don't know everything, so better to just know no information.
We know that if we are vaccinated and antibody positive, it's probably better than being vaccinated and antibody negative
We know that if we haven't been vaccinated, then if we are antibody positive, we have some immunity from an infection.
Why is this so bad to know?
We know that if we haven't been vaccinated, then if we are antibody positive, we have some immunity from an infection.
Why is this so bad to know?
We could track our antibodies over time... to know if we are waning quickly or slowly.
Different people have different rates of waning.
Sure, some ppl might still be protected even if Abs become undetectable (cell mediated, etc..) but knowing how quick we wane may be crucial.
Different people have different rates of waning.
Sure, some ppl might still be protected even if Abs become undetectable (cell mediated, etc..) but knowing how quick we wane may be crucial.
Finally, I think it's important to state that many of the issues that are coming up around antibody testing and COVID have been in existence for antibody levels for nearly all pathogens. But we don't have FDA telling people not to get their antibodies checked for those.
When rapid tests were first discussed... many ppl said "we can't use them b/c we don't know if a negative means not infectious"... no...but we could know that a positive means infectious and isolate!
We allow the edges to dictate use even when the most important uses are clear
We allow the edges to dictate use even when the most important uses are clear
When rapid tests were first discussed... many ppl said "we can't use them b/c we don't know if a negative means not infectious"... no...but we could know that a positive means infectious and isolate!
We allow the edges to dictate use even when the most important uses are clear
We allow the edges to dictate use even when the most important uses are clear
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