Antibody testing.
A lot of people experienced Coronavirus symptoms before the government introduced testing for nhs/ care workers and essential workers as standard recently and the only way to get a test was if you were admitted to hospital. With the government keen to introduce a tracing app that would require people to isolate for 14 days when they have been exposed to someone with the virus shouldn’t antibody testing be rolled out in the first instance to people who contacted 111 and their GP surgeries with possible cases and cross reference with those who are nhs/ care workers/ essential workers and get them tested first to see if they did indeed have the virus. If they then have possible immunity. If they would like to donate plasma for other patients in hospital. Before rolling out the antibody testing as a free for all. Some people like myself in early March fell through the cracks just as governments changed testing guidelines and may never now (hopefully) ever show symptoms again but will always wonder. If nothing else this gives us answers. It’s also fantastic for government to know the spread of the virus and when. It gets us back to work. As yes we may not know how long immunity will last but it can help make informed choices.
Why the contribution is important
We need methodical testing of people for antibodies not just to see spread of virus but in order to help make decisions about we move forward. The tests shouldn’t be wasted in the first instance by those who can afford them.
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