I had the CCP virus late last year. It wasn't a good experience but I got through it ok. After my infection I asked to get an antibody test, which I received a month after recovering. Positive result as expected.
Now, here is the weird thing. I asked my wife to call about getting a test. We use the same doctors office. They told her that "those tests aren't really reliable". Interesting in that I just received one a month earlier. I've had 3 over the course of year. 2 neg. 1 pos. From what I have researched antibodies mean immunity. No need for the Jab until they are gone.
This week I spoke to a coworker who asked for the antibody test during his annual checkup and he heard the same thing from his doctor "those tests aren't really reliable".
I feel these doctors are worried people will use their own common sense and forgo the vaccine if they have immunity. Is anyone else hearing the same thing?
As i understand it, the presence of antibodies only means your immune system is fighting something off, a bacteria, an infection a virus etc. It's presence is not specific to the CCP flu. Assuming these "tests" are specific to CCP flu would be incorrect.
"An antibody (Ab), also known as an immunoglobulin (Ig), is a large, Y-shaped protein used by the immune system to identify and neutralize foreign objects such as pathogenic bacteria and viruses. The antibody recognizes a unique molecule of the pathogen, called an antigen. Each tip of the "Y" of an antibody contains a paratope that is specific for one particular epitope on an antigen, allowing these two structures to bind together with precision. Using this binding mechanism, an antibody can tag a microbe or an infected cell for attack by other parts of the immune system, or can neutralize it directly."