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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there any test for COVID-19 immunity?
We are going to need lots of people who won't get sick.
bamagal62
(3,277 posts)Ms. Toad
(34,137 posts)It is a brand new disease.
getagrip_already
(14,995 posts)Only recovered individuals won't catch it again - although the virus can re-emerge and they can become infectious again.
So no, a test for antibodies doesn't mean crap.
uponit7771
(90,378 posts)... and clean then get on with out lives.
Initech
(100,152 posts)I was on a plane on Saturday and in a crowded McCarran airport, and been holed up since then. I haven't experienced any of the symptoms that have been reported. Not even a slight cough.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)See: https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/14/health/coronavirus-asymptomatic-spread/index.html
Also it can take significant time (14 days) from infection to develop symptoms
(See: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/symptoms-testing/symptoms.html )
elleng
(131,457 posts)AJT
(5,240 posts)El Supremo
(20,365 posts)I don't think they could get it again for a long time.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Iwasthere
(3,179 posts)A year from now that will be valuable info nationwide, like South Korea but it's not going to happen, and trumpf is going to get away with hindering the country's testing. IJUST WANT TO KNOW!