I have gone nuts and paid someone to come to my house and do an antibody test on us

[LaurieFairyCake]

Can't take anymore not knowing so I've paid £260 to bike out a test from a lab and wait while we stab ourselves and return our blood to the lab

Dh thinks I've gone a bit batshit but I couldn't take anymore

Disclaimer : it won't affect my behaviour in line with current government guidelines

Thank you for posting, OP!

Commenting because I want to hear about your results!

Fingers crossed you get the answer you are hoping for.

Very interested in the results - when were you poorly and did you have CV symptoms? Fingers crossed you get the result you want

I'm curious as to how this will go.

Good luck Laurie

@Confuzzled123 I took it on day 23.

They must be rubbing their hands together with glee at people doing this.

@LaurieFairyCake Sorry if I missed it, but when did you get ill and what were your symptoms?

@Doingmybest4u oops, sorry!

Fascinated to know what result you receive. I would really like one of these tests too. It's crossed my mind that the illness I had in Jan was very similar to how the CV19 symptoms are described.

I’d love to know. Ds 15 had a terrible cough weeks ago and dd 3 a fever and cold symptoms and I had a mild cough and sore throat. Dh has just recovered from temp and aches. I’d love to know we’d had it and I’d just had it mildly! Looking forward to your results!

Genuine question, if they’re reputable then why aren’t the NHS offering them? What are we waiting for?

Someone made a series of very good points earlier on this thread about this. Starting with concerns about passports, people trying to get the virus, people being fired if they hadn't had it - loads of things I haven't thought of Jack

The NHS test is a swab to the nose and throat. I was convinced my son and daughter had it as they had symptoms for a while but nothing warranting a trip to hospital. I have to admit I was shocked when we all came back negative. However made me call the GP to ensure we werent missing something else. Folks are assuming any symptom is covid when you should be speaking to your GP and getting proper advice. My son ended up on antibiotics for something unrelated to covid

What about the new mutant strain? Your antibody test will be for the Wuhan strain im guessing??
Just breaking tonight the Covid19 spreading in Europe in March is different to the original Wuhan Covid 19.

news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-scientists-identify-more-contagious-mutant-coronavirus-strain-sweeping-europe-and-us-11983554

@JackJackIncredible

I posted this link earlier in the thread. It is a note that describes some of the potential issues:

assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/882726/29-pre-empting-possible-negative-behavioural-responses-covid-19-antibody-testing-13042020.pdf

The government declassified quite a few of these documents today, so if you are are interested in why they made certain decisions at certain points you can now read about some of what has been going on behind the scenes.

I’m really tempted but I’m not sure quite how I’d respond to the results.

Thanks @LaurieFairyCake
I wouldn’t have thought of those things either!
Let us know how you get on

@NotAnotherUserNumber

Interesting document, had a skim read and I’ll have a proper read tomorrow. Thank you for sharing!

Hope I don't gross anyone out, but hypothetically speaking, could one use menstrual blood, rather than the blood produced by having a finger prick test?

I am confused by that Sky article re mutation, I don’t understand what that means for us in Europe, other than that it is supposedly even more contagious?

You might as well have burned your money. They are not accurate, there is a huge false negative rate and the positive results are for ANY coronavirus (of which there are many) not the novel coronavirus alone so the results are useless.

twitter.com/BillHanage/status/1256422856436613126

Before anyone freaks out about the supposed new strain, please read this. At the moment it's just as likely that the mutation they're talking about has spread by chance rather than that it's actually more transmissible.

Room101 I wouldn’t have thought so. Only about half of menstrual fluid is blood. The rest is endometrial matter, vaginal secretions, cervical secretions etc.

I want to do this too but I think the price will come down quite a bit over the next month and we aren't going anywhere before then anyway.