I had the Covid 19 antibody test. Hoping the horrible cold l had mid Feb was it. But the results came back Negative.The test is a simple blood test and takes few mins. I waited few days for the results
First time l have wanted to have something l don’t want
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How did you get hold of that? Are you in the UK?
It certainly could be a game changer if/when it becomes widely available, although there does need to be evidence immunity is provided by having had the virus.
I personally am struggling with the notion many of us may have had it at around Christmas, I myself had very Coronavirus like symptoms around the new year. I just can't see it came, went away, or just hung around for a bit then hit us hard like it has done.
It concerns me when i see this being discussed in the tabloids, it certainly could lead to some who 'know better' jumping on the 'ive had it' bandwagon.
I am with you though, should i be given the opportunity and a test showed I had had it I would be overjoyed in a strange sort of way.
Paul
Hi Paul
I am in Germany the tests here are being done by designated clinics. I think they will soon be available in the UK. For me it was good to know in terms of planning how l will adapt to the lockdown ending
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It will be useful to know if there is any sort of 'herd immunity'.
I for one am also looking forward to the release of the new app. I will download it when available immediately.
You certainly appear to have a grip on it over there.
I think herd immunity will only happen when a vaccine becomes available
Think at the moment they are looking to control the numbers until such a time that treatments improve or a vaccination starts. Hopefully everyone’s efforts will pay off
I too had something very similar around Christmas to the extent that I was really badly affected, to the extent that I requested antibiotics from my doctor. when I eventually got them, all they did was make me ill and had to stop the course. The GP on duty had no intention of letting me have antibiotics and really made me jump through hoops to get a replacement but I have suffered over the years from childhood with congestion. I just thought was the worst chest infection I'd had for years!
I have always had my flu jabs and I'm up to date with my pneumonia one. Would that make me more able to cope with covid-19, I wonder?
Hi Paul, I posted a few weeks ago. I think I’ve already had it too back in November. If I get the opportunity to have the antibody test I will be taking it. Some of the pharmacists in the area have said they witnessed a Covid like rush of illness between November 2019 and January 2020.
Kind regards Aime xx😻😻
Hey Doveme... 
Interesting thoughts you are having... Heheee...
I am not so sure that I would actually wish to have had it, for as yet, there is little proof that the anti-bodies produced are any guarantee against contracting CV-19 again, (as was shown in S. Korea)?
I sourced a really interesting article recently, that I thought made for some rather fascinating suppositions. Essentially, it was suggesting that anyone with a suppressed immune system may be able to deal w/ CV-19 better than most. I believe that the theory goes something like this:
Having a suppressed immune system means that there would be less intense activity via the virus, (according to the article), and therefore the patients w/ a suppressed immune system would be able to ride out the symptoms somewhat more easily than others...
... again, so that theory goes (?)
The Paper, that proposed that supposition, was a tad heavy reading and I decided not to Post after some reflection, but it was an interesting theory, to my way of thinking in any event... 
Stay safe & well...
Steve
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Interesting article Doveme... However, even the lead scientist agrees 'schools not out' on whether or not anti-bodies are produced...
"I think people have said before that it would be very surprising if there was no immunity after infection, but at the moment the science is still not precise"
Prof John Newton
“A general rule would be that you would never make a decision based on a single study, so we would very much want to see that result replicated in other studies before we decided that was really the case,” he said.
Still, worth keeping an eye on all the same, in my view...
Best wishes
Steve
Hi Steve,
That is indeed an interesting theory, that we who are immune-suppressed (I am on Ruxolitinib for MF) may actually be at an advantage if we become ill from this virus. My GP reports that she (and other GPs in her practice) are surprised at how well patients like myself are doing when she would have expected more of us to succumb. She feels our medication, while suppressing our immune systems is also calming it and preventing a ‘cytokine storm’ from developing. This may also be the reason that Ruxolitinib is being trialled (wasn’t this mentioned here already some weeks ago?) to see if it was suitable to treat patients with severe symptoms of Covid 19.
However, these are all unproven theories so we shouldn’t tempt fate and should continue to take all the precautions recommended.
Stay safe and well! 😷🌻
Ettiel
Hey there Ettiel...
Yes, precisely, the calming of the 'cytokine storm' is exactly what this theory is based upon, due to the fact that many of us are immunosuppressed...
Yes, there is/was also some talk of repurposing Ruxolitinib, and quite a few other drugs too...
Interesting theory nonetheless... Watch this space I guess...
Stay safe & well...
Steve
Sorry it was negative for you but I have been concerned for a few weeks that many people are wishful thinking that they had it a few months ago and think they are immune. I have come across a few people who are convinced the bad cold they had over Christmas was corona and become a bit blasé.
Stay safe everyone
I agree totally! Hopefully the antibody tests will help as millions are being rolled out. Think the UK alone has ordered some 20 million
Important point you need to give at least three weeks for the body to produce enough antibodies- that’s what l was told when booking an appointment
My daughter is convinced she had it over Xmas, I’m not so convinced. Admittedly, she was very ill, but, flu also makes you very ill. 🤷🏽♀️
As I said in the post above, I had a totally new type of “flu” before Xmas but in no way would I disregard any of the current advice to social distance, etc because of this. Until I can access an antibody test, I cannot be certain what I had. Take care, stay safe everyone. Kind regards Aime xx😻😻
I too had a "bad cold" in mid Feb and have suspected for some time that it might have been related to CoViD19. I would love to take an antibody test and heard recently on the news that the UK government has at last found such a test that it is satisfied with (made by the drug company Roche?). However, I expect that the test will first be used for NHS and other key workers, so members of the general public may have to wait a while longer ...
The suggestion that CoViD19 may have been around as early as autumn 2019 is gaining support. I have heard/read reports as follows:
1. World Military Games were held in Wuhan, China in October 2019 and some athletes who took part developed symptoms that appear to match those of CoViD19.
2. Analysis of mobile 'phone signals traffic in the Wuhan area seems to show that there was a very quiet period in October 2019 in the roads near to a virology research centre; a possible (necessarily speculative at this stage) interpretation of the data might be that these roads had been closed because the authorities were investigating/trying to contain a virus escape.
3. There is scientific evidence that at least one patient ill with pneumonia in a Paris hospital in late December 2019 provided samples that have subsequently tested positive for the new coronavirus; the date of this case is about a month before the first CoViD19 cases were officially identified in France.
We can't get beyond speculation without further tests and research studies ... bring them on!
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