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what has your experience been?

symptomatic and tested positive
22 (13.7%)
sympotomatic and tested negative
5 (3.1%)
symptomatic but didnt test
64 (39.8%)
asymptomatic and tested positive
2 (1.2%)
asymptomatic and tested negative
6 (3.7%)
asymptomatic, didnt test
62 (38.5%)

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #480 on: May 13, 2020, 07:23:06 PM »
Interesting and levelheaded podcast with Rabbi/Dr Aaron Glatt about antibodies. In middle he does vouch for the Quest test

https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1853045/answers-to-questions-about-new-coronavirus-antibody-studies.html

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #481 on: May 13, 2020, 07:24:55 PM »
Next plot twist. My wife got tested now:



I'm flabbergasted.

One thing that is baffeling many is how in the same family only some got it even though they were all living together in the same house. Some speculate that there are people that are less susceptible to get it - even though I do not understand how this would be. Here is some info on this topic.

Individual variation in susceptibility or exposure to SARS-CoV-2 lowers the herd immunity threshold - https://medrxiv.org/cgi/content/short/2020.04.27.20081893v1

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #482 on: May 14, 2020, 06:12:54 AM »
I have multiple data points of people definitely expose and not having symptoms testing negative for antibodies.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #483 on: May 14, 2020, 06:31:03 AM »
Next plot twist. My wife got tested now:



I'm flabbergasted.

Many people like this. We don't know yet why some people just didn't catch it.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #484 on: May 14, 2020, 06:32:02 AM »
My neighbor was sick in bed for 2 weeks at home. Tested his entire family and only he had antibodies.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #485 on: May 14, 2020, 09:53:21 AM »
My neighbor was sick in bed for 2 weeks at home. Tested his entire family and only he had antibodies.

Did he stay separate from them?
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #486 on: May 23, 2020, 09:38:15 PM »
Is there a poll for people who tested + for COVID weeks-months ago, tested positive for antibodies, and then test + for COVID but have been fully recovered for weeks-months?

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #487 on: May 24, 2020, 12:44:15 AM »
Is there a poll for people who tested + for COVID weeks-months ago, tested positive for antibodies, and then test + for COVID but have been fully recovered for weeks-months?
There isn’t a specific poll for that but anecdotally it’s happened a lot
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #488 on: May 24, 2020, 01:04:29 AM »
There isn’t a specific poll for that but anecdotally it’s happened a lot
-1 very rare with
1 positive for virus
2 positive for antibodies
3 negative for virus and
4 then positive for virus

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #489 on: May 24, 2020, 01:10:24 AM »
-1 very rare with
1 positive for virus
2 positive for antibodies
3 negative for virus and
4 then positive for virus
I tested positive for COVID in March. Has 2 positive antibody tests (April and May), positive COVID test in May.
Anyone else in a similar boat?

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #490 on: May 24, 2020, 01:13:06 AM »
-1 very rare with
1 positive for virus
2 positive for antibodies
3 negative for virus and
4 then positive for virus
Don’t -1 me when that’s not what I or he said. Step 3 was a new element added by you. 1,2, and 4 have happened to many people I know.
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #491 on: May 24, 2020, 01:13:42 AM »
I tested positive for COVID in March. Has 2 positive antibody tests (April and May), positive COVID test in May.
Anyone else in a similar boat?
Did you test negative in April?
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #492 on: May 24, 2020, 01:19:17 AM »
I tested positive for COVID in March. Has 2 positive antibody tests (April and May), positive COVID test in May.
Anyone else in a similar boat?
Crazy.
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #493 on: May 24, 2020, 01:44:13 AM »
I tested positive for COVID in March. Has 2 positive antibody tests (April and May), positive COVID test in May.
Anyone else in a similar boat?
I've spoken to a few doctors. Bottom line is that some people will stay positive for a very long time and having antibodies doesn't mean that you turned negetive. You get antibodies in the beginning but you can continue to be positive for much longer.

Most also believe that when you're showing positive after a long time and you are feeling fine it's probably the test picking up some dead covid (my expression) and even if it is live somehow they believe that it's not contagious.
You can say what you think when you think what you say.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #494 on: May 24, 2020, 02:47:40 AM »
I've spoken to a few doctors. Bottom line is that some people will stay positive for a very long time and having antibodies doesn't mean that you turned negetive. You get antibodies in the beginning but you can continue to be positive for much longer.

Most also believe that when you're showing positive after a long time and you are feeling fine it's probably the test picking up some dead covid (my expression) and even if it is live somehow they believe that it's not contagious.

There have been a number of studies already on this. It's a fact.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #495 on: May 24, 2020, 02:51:23 AM »
There have been a number of studies already on this. It's currently believed to be the case in the majority of cases.
FTFY
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #496 on: May 24, 2020, 08:19:20 AM »
Did you test negative in April?

No, May was the first time i retested.
Most likely is dead particles that the PCR test cannot differentiate. However, its still not assuring.

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #497 on: May 24, 2020, 08:23:34 AM »
Crazy.

It is crazy, but what percentage of people who test positive, get retested afterwards? I am sure many of those will continue to test positive for weeks-months later if they were retested

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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #498 on: May 24, 2020, 10:50:54 AM »
Don’t -1 me when that’s not what I or he said. Step 3 was a new element added by you. 1,2, and 4 have happened to many people I know.
No, May was the first time i retested.
Most likely is dead particles that the PCR test cannot differentiate. However, its still not assuring.
Just making sure I was correct  :)

This is fairly common, as I said earlier. Many people are still testing positive 6+ weeks later.
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Re: Do you have Coronavirus? Were you tested?
« Reply #499 on: May 24, 2020, 11:01:59 AM »
Just making sure I was correct  :)

This is fairly common, as I said earlier. Many people are still testing positive 6+ weeks later.

Any point in getting retested for a negative result?