I was sent an antibody test - i was invited, by snail mail, to enlist - it was part of the
React malarkey by Ipsos and Imperial. The letter came, as if by owl, just after i'd gone for the test @ the Kingston Centre referenced ^
op cit, ie late Sept. One suspects the invitation was linked to being open to testing.
I was rather convinced that i had had it back in February - sick as a pike, strangely fatigued, feeling most unusual. Conceivable transmission vector via northern Italy, some times removed, to boot.
Finger prick blood test came back negative for short or long term reactants. Tbf i'd been pretty much a recluse from the end of March, and had been taking shit seriously since the start of it. I did not eat out to help out, and have been a very good boy in general.
Interestingly the antibody test i took was > 6 months after i thought i'd had it - so i'm not totally convinced i've not already had it. I'm not confident that immunity will be long-lived, it is not evidenced in any of the other coronaviruses already out there. Having said that, some time ago i heard that those exposed to SARS-CoV-1 had an immunity response more than ten years after infection.
What we really should have is a 'So who's had Covid' thread so that we can throw real examples into dickhead's faces. I think we've been quite lucky here, and the Mexican Wave that has stalled in the North is finally wooing crowds down here.
My Attorney had it in August - flu-like body cramps + lost his sense of taste (there's a joke in there somewhere?) - only just coming back now but still feels a bit weird -
My neighbour also was quite ill, flu-like, really bad, but is now sort-of 90%.
Unfortunately we now appear to live in an age where nothing is truly happening unless it is happening to ME, NOW.
Perhaps there should be a Covid TripAdvisor
1 star - would give less if possible, terrible, would not recommend