Wider adoption of Antibody tests is necessary for progress The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results. So, what can we do differently? Surely, we should be using all the tools at our disposal. Antibody testing provides a solution alongside antigen and PCR testing to reduce our restrictions and return us to whatever normality now looks like.
Antibodies play an important role; but we all respond differently to vaccines and our antibody levels change over time
It’s mystified me that antibody testing hasn’t played a greater role so far. It’s possible that Governments have not wanted us to know our antibody status; with their focus, quite rightly, being on population herd immunity through vaccination.
A Lancet article(1) back in March 2021 showed how variable all of our responses are to vaccines, demonstrating that we all respond differently and our response changes over time. Is your vaccine response negative, slow waning, rapid waning, persistent or delayed? Do you have a strong persistent antibody level following infection, or after a booster, or low or no antibodies at all?
Abingdon HealthCOVID-19 Pandemic. Is it finally time for antibody testing?The study found vaccine efficacy reached 82.4% after a second dose in those with a dosing interval of 12 weeks or more (95% confidence interval....Dec 23, 2021