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COVID antibodies test is coming soon where I live. Is it worth paying $400?
I feel I may have had minor symptoms of COVID after I returned home from TV in March. I'm curious if I did, and would feel good knowing I was able to fight this terrible virus, but is it worth dishing out $400 for it?
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LabCorp says an antibody test will cost you $10. You will need a doctor's order to get it.
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If you donate blood at Oneblood, you get the test for free. I am a Platelet donor and get tested every 2 weeks. Been tested 3 times now and has been negative every time.
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Ask your Doctor to order the blood test. Insurance pays for it.
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OP where did u get $400 price tag.
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Antibody test
So far, from what I've read, they're fairly unreliable. Quest in The Villages was offering them for around $200. I, too, had a free test when I donated with OneBlood. Probably not worth paying $400.
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I got a free to me antibody test at 441 Urgent Care on 44. I did have a doctor's order to get it. As previously mentioned, they are not reliable at this point. Whoever is charging $400 is ripping you off.
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To answer the original question, the answer is no. Why? to answer this question, you have to ask yourself what are you going to do with the information? If you want to donate plasma, then yes. However, if your test is positive, do you believe that you can't get it again? the virus is new, so the value of the antibodies is unknown. If no are you going to change your lifestyle? or your viewpoint as a google expert just because you think you might have had the virus? of the people to whom I have spoken who have had the virus, there is no mistaken that they had it. One person said that he was so tired that after being awake for 4 hours after lunch that he fell asleep on the couch for another 4 hours for being exhausted. He lost his vision for awhile when his blood pressure crashed. His wife is a long time nurse who spread it to him.
anybody can be wrong, but trained and practicing doctors are much less likely to be wrong than google searching couch posers. So if you talk with the medical community on the front lines, of which i have a wife and family members, we haven't beaten the virus yet. The odds of survival are improved, but then there is the unknown future effects which have not yet been seen. . . and there will be some. . . . we just haven't even thought about that stage yet. sportsguy |
Performance of Roche COVID-19 antibody test.
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Roche - Roche’s COVID-19 antibody test receives FDA Emergency Use Authorization and is available in markets accepting the CE mark |
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