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Iwasthere

(3,168 posts)
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 11:42 AM Apr 2020

In home antibody testing

[link:https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/home-fingerprick-blood-test-may-help-detect-your-exposure-coronavirus-n1176086|It's imperative that we know who had it. This data is, and will be critically important. The numbers we are seeing are a small fraction of reality. Many say that the tests accomplish nothing at this point, to just stay home. Home antibody tests would accomplish a great deal, imo. We all want to know if we had it, but more importantly the national numbers are useful to future treatment. Politically I think we must hold him accountable. If the deaths come in under 100,000? trump already is claiming that would be a big success. We'll never know how many really died from Covid19. Much under reporting. They also aren't testing the dead. I would like to see the numbers of deaths happening OUTSIDE of the hospitals. We're being played. We are frogs in a pot, and they continue to normalize him. He is a criminal. HOLD HIM ACCOUNTABLE! Stop televising the Shitshow. Start the impeachment process asap.

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In home antibody testing (Original Post) Iwasthere Apr 2020 OP
Antibody testing will be important for future decisions... Wounded Bear Apr 2020 #1
Antibody tests are extremely important. Hoyt Apr 2020 #2

Wounded Bear

(58,654 posts)
1. Antibody testing will be important for future decisions...
Sun Apr 5, 2020, 11:48 AM
Apr 2020

not to mention treatments that might come from it.

But rapid testing of both the virus and the antibodies is desperately needed. If they can develop an inexpensive, fast home test it would be a definite game changer.

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