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cerebral_oasison New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificity and 100% sensitivity

you're right, it's hard to find that definitively online. however, it lists it on my emailed test results as well as a friend's who did it on the same day. that doesn't mean they're not using multiple test types though. maybe worth calling and asking if they use it everywhere?

cerebral_oasison New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificity and 100% sensitivity

https://www.labcorp.com/antibody-testing

$10 for a "virtual assessement" and ~$100 for the test for uninsured, but my insurance covered it. I scheduled it same day and it took a total of 20 minutes in and out with blood draw. I received my results via email in 2 days.

cerebral_oasison New Abbott SARS-CoV-2 antibody test has 99.90% specificity and 100% sensitivity

I took this antibody test through LabCorp on Friday and tested positive. I have been in strict (see: paranoid) isolation with one other person since March 7 and haven't felt sick or anything close to it since then.

I did have what I thought was a strange flu/cold early February with a sore throat, post-nasal drip, wildly varying body temperature, and lower back pains. In hindsight those are COVID-19 symptoms.

the person I live with took the same Abbott Architect antibody test from LabCorp today so that we can compare results and hopefully eliminate any false positives.

more info on the test: https://www.corelaboratory.abbott/us/en/offerings/segments/i...

FDA article from 05/07/2020 on serology test performance including the Abbott Architect from OP: https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/emergency-situations-med...