Brendan Burgess
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I think it would be a better idea to vaccinate those who have the antibodies and see if there is any change in the amount of antibodies present. (as a study)
I don't see the logic of this. Serological testing requires the drawing of blood and sending that sample to a lab for testing. It is a more resource hungry process than just vaccinating people. I strongly suspect that we'll have access to enough vaccines before we have the infrastructure in place to distribute it.Although mass serological testing of the population would be logistically challenging, it would allow identification of individuals who had asymptomatic infections, most of whom are known to develop antibodies.
Personally I think the only way we are ever going to fully understand this virus and its medium to long-term effects on individuals is going to be by blood samples.I don't see the logic of this. Serological testing requires the drawing of blood and sending that sample to a lab for testing. It is a more resource hungry process than just vaccinating people. I strongly suspect that we'll have access to enough vaccines before we have the infrastructure in place to distribute it.
I agree but in the context of freeing up resources for a vaccination program it doesn't make sense.Personally I think the only way we are ever going to fully understand this virus and its medium to long-term effects on individuals is going to be by blood samples.
Equally the vaccines will need to be evaluation and again bloods would probably be the best way to get accurate data.
I appreciate that now is a time where we must again contain the spread of the virus and all resources must be pitted against the spread, including vaccine rollout.
There are many in the science/medical world thinking that we may be battling covid for years to come so we need to fully understand what every treatment does and what they don't do, and whatever achieves that needs to be considered, no matter how ludicrous it may seem now.
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