Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
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Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#2I 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.
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#3I 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.
Did you not get an antibody test at some point prior to the vaccine? That would have given you an answer with 99% certainty if you used a good one.
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#4I 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.
Don't some antibody tests do this? I think antibody tests that detect antibodies to the nucleocapsid should be unaffected by the vaccines, which only spur resistance to the spike protein.
See the section called "Binding Antibody Tests" here:
https://creakyjoints.org/living-with-arthritis/coronavirus/c...
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#5I 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.
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Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#6I 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.
Did you not get an antibody test at some point prior to the vaccine? That would have given you an answer with 99% certainty if you used a good one.
I think they are relatively expensive, ~$200. Probably worth it though.
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.
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#7I 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.
A test for antibodies against N protein will tell you if you had COVID or not.
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#8Earlier quoted context omitted.
Did you not get an antibody test at some point prior to the vaccine? That would have given you an answer with 99% certainty if you used a good one.
I think they are relatively expensive, ~$200. Probably worth it though. 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.
Antibody tests at the supermarket clinic here is $40. Unsure if that’s a crappy test or if any subsidy is provided. $40 vs $200 does seem like the usual EU vs US markup too I guess
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think they are relatively expensive, ~$200. Probably worth it though. 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.
Antibody tests at the supermarket clinic here is $40. Unsure if that’s a crappy test or if any subsidy is provided. $40 vs $200 does seem like the usual EU vs US markup too I guess
Ah, not bad
Re: Is one vaccine dose enough if you’ve had Covid? What the science says
#10I 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.
T-cell tests are available in some places now.