Imperial College Fingerprick test

Esspee

Manhattan
Do you feel that if this is the case, i.e. that we have weathered this virus before (presumably under the “flu” banner) that this world reaction, or should I say overreaction? is unwarranted?

It would depend how many millions of people you could tolerate dying.

It doesn't matter. Both my friend and myself had no antibodies. I'm sure it said something in the instructions.

Thanks everyone. I feel much more comfortable now I have had the two vaccines and trying not to read too much about the new variants and the effectiveness of the AZ vaccine with these new ones!

As part of ongoing ONS tests, we recently did a finger prick test as well as the usual nose/throat dittos.

Results (by later letter) said that we were both positive for antibodies. However this was several weeks after we’d both had the 2nd AZ jab, which might make a difference.

Should add that neither of us has ever felt that we’ve had anything like COVID, nor been knowingly exposed to anyone who’s had it, so presumably the antibodies came from the vaccine.