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    I was talking to the owner of a hospital and clinic network yesterday (my fathers boss) and he said they are about to start testing for immunity. A simple blood test will be able to indicate if someone has had it and is producing antibodies for full immunity. They are talking about issuing cards that immune people would carry with them moving forward.

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    • i would love to get one of those wee pinprick tests. they probably wont be available in the UK (outside testing healthcare workers) for a while.kingsteven
    • Spain has already begun blood testing peopleOBBTKN
    • They keep mentioning this as a way forward but afaik they haven't actually worked out a reliable way to do so. Unless this is Newstoday?webazoot
    • @mono that's great news! much needed and essential in analyzing and combating the spreadKrassy
    • It’s reliable. This isn’t theoretical. They are rolling it out today in California from what I understand.monospaced
    • The bottleneck isn’t the test, it’s the staff available to handle each one. Blood must be taken, transported to a lab, spun in centrifuge, etc. takes 15 min eacmonospaced
    • Gotta figure out how to make it efficient and easily accessible. They are doing it for medical staff FIRST and exclusively.monospaced
    • there was a bizarre paper last week that showed that antibody testing didn't work for detecting early infections. i'm still not sure why they thought it would.kingsteven
    • i've seen nothing to suggest the pin-prick test kits for antibodies aren't accurate either. hopefully it'll eliminate a lot of the speculationkingsteven
    • This is coolnb
    • Should be some highly visible patch to be stitched onto clothing. Maybe in yellow?Gnash
    • I was thinking similar gnash. But more like a big international thing with T-shirt’s and wristbands. Not for profit.monospaced
    • This isn’t about detecting early infections. It’s about detecting immunity after recovery.monospaced
    • Good news if correct for sure.webazoot
    • This is what I'd read about the tests yesterday; https://www.theguard…webazoot
    • Hard to say it, but that‘s how China did it. First it was a card, then they moved to an app.uan
    • Issuing cards for immune people?!?GTFO...robotron3k
    • @uan China is running a propaganda of lies and misinformation. Tune out, dude ;-)Krassy
    • A yeah, I forgot! So let it be an American Idea then;)uan
    • ^ and German, and everywhere probably in time. yes mono, i know the tests are for immunity but there was some misleading news articles on them based on a studykingsteven
    • that was to determine if they could detect antibodies in early infections.kingsteven
    • Imagine exposing yourself so you can get the card so you can get back to bussing tables at a bar.nb
    • The card is for medical staff who are immune so they can save your dumb ass bobo. Fucking idiot.monospaced
    • This is promising and hopeful.utopian
    • Yes it is.monospaced
    • And yeah. Imagine recovering and ... GASP! ... going back to work!monospaced
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