So what *is* the rate of false positives?
I’m sure my friend will research that. She’s currently excited about current Research using RNA controls with coronaviruses. She is a layman but has much interest in health matters, especially those of animal husbandry. Let’s just say I hear about Cornell as often from her as we hear about Princeton from you.
The coronaviruses mutate all the time, don’t they? Permanent immunity doesn’t seem realistic, at least I don’t think it is for SARS and we certainly don’t have a vaccine for SARS and how long has that thing been around?
My friend is probably good for the year, at least for this COVID19 season.Maybe not in the fall.
The latest evidence is that while some people do contract the virus a second time they do not get sick and they do not transmit it to others. I am still trying to get a free antibody test from a research hospital and have gotten as far as filling out their survey. I don't know if or when I will hear from them next but I trust their test will be legit.
Here is more info than probably needed about antibody tests and issues with them. I hope Scientific American is "good" enough. https://www.scientificamerican.com/a...annot-tell-us/
Sweetana the article is dated May 5th and new information has come out since then, especially on tests on monkeys.
100,000 dead in 3-4 months in this country is virulent enough for me. And both Ebola and HIV/AIDS are much harder to contract than airborne COVID. At any rate, there is much we don't know--like what is the trigger for some people's circulatory systems to turn to blackberry jam while others shake the virus off without much trouble.
Also of concern is the serious syndrome that kids are getting from the virus.
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