Test for antibodies to coronavirus The biggest problem with coronovirus, as I see it, is uncertainty. This uncertainty in everything. In the
Test for antibodies to coronavirus
The biggest problem with coronovirus, as I see it, is uncertainty. This uncertainty in everything. In the number of really infected and cured, but not seeking help (which affects the death rates that jump from country to country). The question is how long exactly this shtam of the virus is raging (according to some data from November 19, according to others from January 20). This generates a lot of guesses, assumptions and speculation. But worst of all, it creates panic. The economic effect of the global shutdown of everything and everything during the quarantine is still difficult to assess, but it seems significant to me. What would help this? Diagnostics. But not the one they're doing now. Now they do so-called PCR tests / tests with reverse transcription. They show whether or not there is RNA of the virus in the body at the moment. That is, if a person has already been ill, this test will not show anything. It will also not show if you are infected but the virus is still in the incubation period and has not reached the concentration in the body that these tests "feel". And it will not show anything if you have already been ill. That is, in 3 of the 4 stages (not ill-incubation-ill - ill), it is useless. THEREFORE, IT IS CORRECT THAT IT IS NOT NECESSARY TO DO EVERYTHING
And what diagnosis is really needed is serological. In another way, these are tests for antibodies If there are antibodies, it means that the person either has already been ill with this virus or (this is not accurate) has a coronovirus and now has immunity. I speak about immunity with some reservations, because the virus mutates and antibodies are also not always in the body - so we regularly update different vaccinations. But in the conditions of a global shutdown in the coming weeks, this is not so critical, for a year this immunity to this strain of coronavirus will be developed or for life. If we start doing this antibody test everywhere, we could immediately answer many questions, and more importantly, avoid closing everything and everything for a long time with the corresponding damage to the economy, because people with immunity will be able to return to this very economy, knowing that they will not get infected and will not infect others.
The test is not expensive!