Looked for this on the main thread but I think it deserves one of its own.
BBC Medical Correspondant Fergus Walsh has had three antibody tests as part of his research into his role. Here he talks about having three positive tests, despite no Coronavorus symptoms. Or perhaps lots of symptoms but too early.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52762939
Sample quotes:
"Imperial College London are testing these finger-prick home antibody tests for accuracy and ease of use. One of the team there calculated that my repeated positive tests made it incredibly unlikely that I was continually producing a false result. In other words, it seems I have definitely had coronavirus."
"I've not had any symptoms in recent months. I'm rarely ill, but I did have a bout of pneumonia in early January. I was off sick for about 10 days and had a cough and a high temperature. I couldn't shake it off. My GP in Windsor diagnosed a bacterial infection and gave me antibiotics. These helped a bit, but in late January I needed another course of antibiotics."
I found it interesting myself because I've had a serious chest infection that took two courses of antibiotics to shift. My GP was convinced it was a reaction to covid but that it was too late for a test to show anything.
Walsh doesn't draw conculsions but the obvious ones are:
1) Covid was here much earlier than we thought
2) There has been another winter illness doing the rounds that causes serious chest infections or pneumonia.
3) If 2 is true then Covid may be asymptomatic in many more people than thought and some deaths may have been misregistered.
Fascinating either way.
BBC Medical Correspondant Fergus Walsh has had three antibody tests as part of his research into his role. Here he talks about having three positive tests, despite no Coronavorus symptoms. Or perhaps lots of symptoms but too early.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-52762939
Sample quotes:
"Imperial College London are testing these finger-prick home antibody tests for accuracy and ease of use. One of the team there calculated that my repeated positive tests made it incredibly unlikely that I was continually producing a false result. In other words, it seems I have definitely had coronavirus."
"I've not had any symptoms in recent months. I'm rarely ill, but I did have a bout of pneumonia in early January. I was off sick for about 10 days and had a cough and a high temperature. I couldn't shake it off. My GP in Windsor diagnosed a bacterial infection and gave me antibiotics. These helped a bit, but in late January I needed another course of antibiotics."
I found it interesting myself because I've had a serious chest infection that took two courses of antibiotics to shift. My GP was convinced it was a reaction to covid but that it was too late for a test to show anything.
Walsh doesn't draw conculsions but the obvious ones are:
1) Covid was here much earlier than we thought
2) There has been another winter illness doing the rounds that causes serious chest infections or pneumonia.
3) If 2 is true then Covid may be asymptomatic in many more people than thought and some deaths may have been misregistered.
Fascinating either way.
