Since the “silent transmission” of the coronavirus possibly accounts for half of all cases of COVID-19, further testing is needed, Dr. Ron Elfenbein on CBSN said Monday. The estimate that people without symptoms can spread 50% of cases is based on a model published by the National Academy of Sciences. …
Read More »Rapid antibody tests won’t reliably tell you if you’ve had coronaviruses, according to a review
A laboratory technician preparing blood samples for the covid-19 antibody test. Photo: Gil Cohen (fake pictures) A new review released Wednesday shows an unfortunate picture of the status of antibody tests aimed at finding out if you’ve ever had covid-19. He suggests that these tests vary enormously in accuracy from …
Read More »Studies Suggest Antibody Response to Coronavirus May Not Last Long
We’ve had some of these stories in the headlines recently, but I wanted to highlight two of them here. It seems that what we all expected would be the case, that is, most people who contract the virus will recover and then maintain long-term immunity against reinfection, it will not …
Read More »How long could Covid-19 immunity last? It’s not just about antibodies
A health worker in Iraq holding a blood sample taken from a recovered covid-19 patient. Photo: Asaad Niazi / AFP (fake pictures) A recent study doing he rounds Everywhere It is certainly puzzling: He found that previously infected people can lose almost a whole type of antibody to the coronavirus …
Read More »Mother’s Day 2020: how to improve your child’s immunity with micronutrients: more lifestyle
[ad_1] Have you ever felt scared that your child gets a cold or a fever? It is a devastating time for a parent and we all try to avoid such situations as much as we can. Especially in these times, when we are in the midst of a global pandemic. …
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