COVID-19 Antibody Test: How it Works and Who Should Get Tested How long do antibodies protect you after you have had COVID-19?
Many Peoples contracted coven 19 . Since march 2020 the vast majority have recovered because of antibodies but how long do those antibodies last. It's a really big question right now. After you get an infection, usually you have a good immune response to the infection to fight it off, and you can measure that immune response by doing a blood test and measuring the antibody response. And that helps to know if you've been exposed, whether you've been sick or not, because we know that many infections, people are asymptomatic. So these antibody tests are now available. The problem, the challenge with these antibody tests is that their accuracy has not been pinned down very well, so we're not exactly sure how accurate they are, and on an individual level, it may not make any difference because measuring the antibodies will not tell you if you're protected or not. So maybe you were infected otherwise you weren't, but we do not know if meaning you are not visit...