I wish there was an easier way to figure out if you had COVID.
As someone who's only got one dose so far, I would gladly skip the second one if I knew for certain I had COVID before, so someone else could get my second dose.
As someone who's only got one dose so far, I would gladly skip the second one if I knew for certain I had COVID before, so someone else could get my second dose.
See the section called "Binding Antibody Tests" here:
https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/coronavirus/c...
We would need some form of official recognition of antibody tests though. Pretty sure most places that require vaccination don't accept antibody test results.
In NYC, for example, they've been available for free at a ton of different sites. It may always be as convenient or quick, but it's free.
The half-life of antibody levels has been estimated at 73 days. The antibody tests are quite sensitive, time has not been enough of a factor yet to produce false negatives. In a year or two it might be.
The only time concern is that you need to wait 2-3 weeks until after you recover from COVID to ensure you test positive.
First paragraph of the article: “Many people who’ve been infected with the coronavirus might be able to safely skip the second jab of any two-dose vaccine regimen, a growing number of studies suggest. These results could help to stretch scarce vaccine supplies and are already influencing vaccination policies in some countries.”
US might have enough for everyone, and wouldn’t it be also great if we didn’t need as many doses and could share with hard hit places like India? I see this as a net positive if true.
Lots of doses are going to get tossed. Most the people who are going to get the shot have gotten it already.