www.newyorktimes.com -today26 Jul 2020 16:08
www.newyorktimes.com Your coronovirus antibodies are disappearing over time. Should you care?
Story in the New York Times today. Good for us. Confirms the fact that antibodies may not be visible for more than a few months but the immunity memory is there as with most diseases, once you have had it you may be protected for years if not decades. The window for detection may be a few months but the antibodies will be reactivated with a new exposure- millions in every drop of blood. The disease has no chance a second time around.
The USA already seems to be reaching this consensus. Just read our last PHE report published 17th July. They know animals can't be reinfected. No humans have had it twice. But because they haven't tested humans enough they say they don't have enough evidence. They are annoying me now as an ex R&D consultant. With that logic we will have to wait until the 12th of Never for a bloody answer. And why haven't they tested health workers who have recovered by now for goodness sake. There's no way they haven't been re-exposed. Because antibodies are less visible does not mean that immunity disappears. . I can see the US, India and everywhere else buying whatever we can produce if we get permission to sell it to them. Luckily we can get all the Mologic kits out the door to those markets. Colin is way more far sighted than many have credited him by only committing to 200,000 a week for the RTC.
Once the India approval is confirmed tomorrow or this week, the WHO will follow and it's game on. The world will be buying our tests while we are waiting for what exactly? In the meantime we are getting 2 million new infections a week worldwide- growing at it's fastest ever rate. Maybe Chris Whitty is just exhausted. All the other super serious expert witnesses to the select committee want antibody testing on mass. That's how we get answers to questions. They need to stop obsessing about bloody herd immunity and just explain that the tests are to support intelligence and inform our strategy in many ways going forward. It will support vaccine plans and identify potential blood donors for vaccines and treatment too. If we don't make this happen we are going to see the economy reliant on intervention for another year at this rate. I am hoping that the next piece of research comes in this week and they stick to schedule and give us permission to go worldwide with the RTC.