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06.08.20, 21:20 PM General Topics
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For those who got an antibody test, were you positive or negative? Surprised by the results? [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
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Negative. I was surprised. I was really sick earlier this year and had a lot of the telltale symptoms. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:23 PM Flag
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Was it in December/January? There was a really nasty upper respiratory virus that went around in NYC. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:26 PM Flag
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Yep. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 04:10 AM Flag
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+1. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 04:36 AM Flag
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I know about 6 people who swear they had it (based on symptoms they had back in late Feb/early Mar) but all tested negative. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:29 PM Flag
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Same. Son and I super-sick in March - he missed a month of school and had 3 urgent care visits and chest x-rays twice, and was put on tamiflu at the time. I was sick in bed for a full week, and was also prescribed tamiflu. We both tested negative for covid antibodies. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:31 PM Flag
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I am in this boat too. It was definitely viral per my doctor, and I tested negative for the flu. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 04:36 AM Flag
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+same. Pretty much everyone I know who thought they had had it, didn't. Not all of them have been tested but everyone of them who has been tested, came back negative. We are in NJ. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:36 PM Flag
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Negative. I wasn't surprised. I just got the test because I was at the doctor for another reason and he offered it. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:38 PM Flag
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Same [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 11:10 PM Flag
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Negative - I had been sick so I had thought .... maybe. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:48 PM Flag
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DH was really sick and was negative. I flew cross-country in early March and attended a huge conference, and took the subway daily until mid-March. Haven't been tested yet but I'm curious. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:50 PM Flag
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My DH got tested today, will let you all know the results in a few days! He is an essential worker and his company had about 30 + employees. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 09:59 PM Flag
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GUYS! One of the WHO doctors says only 8.5 percent of people with COVID will test positive for the antibodies. Creating an antibody is only one way of fighting the virus, our bodies fight it in many other ways as well and so antibodies are not necessarily created. The only true test is a lung xray. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:01 PM Flag
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I had not heard this, TY [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 11:07 PM Flag
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Link? I googled this and couldn't find anything. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 11:12 PM Flag
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Google Karol Sikora and daily mail. The daily mail is paraphrasing an article printed elsewhere [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 12:35 AM Flag
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the daily mail is the worst newspaper in the history of time and 'paraphrasing an article printed elsewhere' is their MO. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 12:38 AM Flag
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noooo. That is not a reputable source. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:37 PM Flag
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Haven't tested. I haven't been sick at all in over six months. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:05 PM Flag
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I had symptoms end of March with fever lasting nine days and weird symptoms for weeks thereafter. My doctor said it was covid even though I didn’t qualify for a test. My nanny tested positive for covid. I tested negative this week. Very surprised [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:16 PM Flag
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Negative. Was not surprised. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:29 PM Flag
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Negative. was not surprised. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 10:47 PM Flag
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Positive - not surprised at all. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 11:28 PM Flag
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Do you know how/where you got it? Are you in Manhattan? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.08.20, 11:30 PM Flag
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Nope - no clue. The entire family had it. DH and I work in Manhattan. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 01:00 AM Flag
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Whole family tested positive. No surprise, as DH and I were both sick. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 12:15 AM Flag
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Same [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 02:08 AM Flag
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Positive. Not surprised. Tested positive for virus. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 01:46 AM Flag
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i have heard of a few families where parents def had it and kids are testing negative for antibodies. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 12:03 PM Flag
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yes! We have friends were both parents tested positive and the kid tested negative. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 05:17 PM Flag
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DH had pneumonia in March/April and his doctor was sure he had it. Antibody test came back negative. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 05:18 PM Flag
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Negative. Mildly surprised. Was sick in mid-March from fever, cough and fatigue. Guess it was the old-fashion flu. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 05:47 PM Flag
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Aren't the results still very unreliable? [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 06:24 PM Flag
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fairly. They skew towards false positives. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:38 PM Flag
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Doctor told me the opposite. That there are very few false positives. Mostly false negatives. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:39 PM Flag
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Most of the tests have trouble telling which corona strain you have antibodies for, hence false positives. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 09:26 PM Flag
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Negative. I had been seriously sick in the end of January and in the beginning of March. Yes, surprised. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:35 PM Flag
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Negative. I was surprised as I was very, very sick and DH tested positive for COVID and the antibodies. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 06.09.20, 07:50 PM Flag
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