Once the pandemic is over.

[SoCalDem]

My hope is that EVERY person who has lab work done will request that testing for COVID-19 antibodies is done as well. At least then they would know whether or not they have the antibody. If this virus is anything like other viruses, there should be a marker for the antibody. Those results should then be forwarded to the CDC so they could compile a truer database for when it returns.

This particular part of the panel should be free, if the legislation for testing for it is passed It could help the CDC know just how many more people had it and perhaps how it spread...where the true clusters were. It might make future epidemics easier to track.

[leftieNanner]

2. Because it's likely that when this flurry of cases ebbs

It may go dormant and return in the fall/winter. I believe that's what happened with the Spanish Flu.

[RockCreek]

3. Does anyone know if the antibodies for this

Does anyone know if the antibodies for this specific coronavirus strain have been identified and isolated yet?
Is there a test for that yet?

There have also been questions about how long immunity lasts.

[Pobeka]

4. During the pandemic, I'll like to know if I had it already, so I could volunteer at a hospital.

[JCMach1]

5. Not the time to think about it, but this may be a permanent

Scourge... Mutating like cold and flu every year