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COVID-19 / Are antibody tests being carried out on new variant patients?
« on: 24/01/2021 19:39:52 »
In particular is anyone looking for antibodies specific to epitopes that were on previous variants but not on the Kent variant?
There must be a sizeable pool of people who were infected in the first wave and are at high risk of infection because of their job and/or lack of adherence to restrictions and/or a poor immune system and any other susceptibilities. Such people would select for the new variant and it would be helpful to get an idea of how much of a driver they are for the rise of the new variant.
There must be a sizeable pool of people who were infected in the first wave and are at high risk of infection because of their job and/or lack of adherence to restrictions and/or a poor immune system and any other susceptibilities. Such people would select for the new variant and it would be helpful to get an idea of how much of a driver they are for the rise of the new variant.