Marvin Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted September 4, 2020 Share Posted September 4, 2020 1 hour ago, Marvin said: I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? You might just do it Marv, why wouldn’t you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
graygo Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Marvin said: I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? England? No point asking the majority of this board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 6 hours ago, luckyBatistuta said: You might just do it Marv, why wouldn’t you? I am taking part and I should receive the kit in the next week or so. 5 hours ago, graygo said: England? No point asking the majority of this board. I did say in my last line of my op "Has anyone up North had anything similar?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 8 hours ago, Marvin said: I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? Friends down south take part in these trial tests, received about £700 in vouchers so far. Sure they said antibody test you don’t get anything though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 5, 2020 Author Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 minutes ago, Dazo said: Friends down south take part in these trial tests, received about £700 in vouchers so far. Sure they said antibody test you don’t get anything though. Yeah I get nothing for my participation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Dazo said: Friends down south take part in these trial tests, received about £700 in vouchers so far. Sure they said antibody test you don’t get anything though. Is that not folk putting stuff into their systems though? Risk involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazo Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 16 minutes ago, Do The Dance said: Is that not folk putting stuff into their systems though? Risk involved. Doubtful as the whole family kids included are doing it but I couldn’t honestly say. Do know they do weekly COVID tests and the antibody test. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyBatistuta Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Marvin said: I am taking part and I should receive the kit in the next week or so. Good lad 👏👌 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Do The Dance Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 29 minutes ago, Dazo said: Doubtful as the whole family kids included are doing it but I couldn’t honestly say. Do know they do weekly COVID tests and the antibody test. Ah, surely not then. You wouldn't sign your kids up to that! Also doubt you could legally (if not morally). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seymour M Hersh Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 11 hours ago, Marvin said: I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? The only problem I can see is that ICL is going it. The've had a very poor record over the piece during this episode. I wonder if Fergie the philanderer is involved. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spellczech Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Maybe they will name the cure after you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinnybob72 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 My missus works in a care home and they get the Covid test every week. Problem is that the likelihood is that most of the staff had the virus back in March / April and so everyone has tested negative every week! They need a decent antibody test which would confirm this, and would explain why everyone is always negative. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 1 hour ago, skinnybob72 said: My missus works in a care home and they get the Covid test every week. Problem is that the likelihood is that most of the staff had the virus back in March / April and so everyone has tested negative every week! They need a decent antibody test which would confirm this, and would explain why everyone is always negative. But meantime it’s good to get tested regularly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IronJambo Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 (edited) 18 hours ago, Marvin said: I've been invited to participate in an antibody test at home which will help the government understand how many people in England may have already been infected with the virus which causes Covid-19. My name has been chosen at random. If I choose to take part, they send me a home testing kit for a blood sample which I send back. It's being done by Imperial College London on behalf of the Department of Health & Social Care. My participation is voluntary. Tbh I might just do it. Has anyone up North had anything similar? My dear mother-in-law was sent a covid 19 test in the same fashion. She's in scumbria. Unfortunately the results came back that she was alive. Edited September 5, 2020 by IronJambo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lone Striker Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 Seems a bit odd that they're choosing people at random to look for antibodies, since the experts were saying recently that a key missing piece of the jigsaw is how long antibodies last in the bloodstream, and how rapidly (or otherwise) their strength decays over time. If they don't know when you had the symptoms (or if you had no symptoms at any time), then finding some antibodies now isn't going to tell them (or Marvin) much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milky_26 Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, Lone Striker said: Seems a bit odd that they're choosing people at random to look for antibodies, since the experts were saying recently that a key missing piece of the jigsaw is how long antibodies last in the bloodstream, and how rapidly (or otherwise) their strength decays over time. If they don't know when you had the symptoms (or if you had no symptoms at any time), then finding some antibodies now isn't going to tell them (or Marvin) much. it will be to get a better indication of the amount of the population that have had it. By randomly selecting people from around the country with give a more reliable result rather than say only testing people from a high number of cases location Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlphonseCapone Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 3 hours ago, davemclaren said: But meantime it’s good to get tested regularly. Good if it isn't your nose being violated every week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 5 minutes ago, AlphonseCapone said: Good if it isn't your nose being violated every week! It doesn’t sound pleasant, I agree. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weakened Offender Posted September 5, 2020 Share Posted September 5, 2020 I used to work with a guy who used to take part in paid medical trials at a place out by the Gyle. He was batshit thick. He hoped to take part in the flatlining tests, 5k a pop. You could only do two a year though, apparently. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davemclaren Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 11 hours ago, jonesy said: Yep, worked with some Spanish folk who used to top up their minimum wage jobs with occasional £4k forays into medical testing. One of them got pretty sick once. We should be grateful for people willing to put their lives on the line to test drugs for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyNic Posted September 6, 2020 Share Posted September 6, 2020 22 hours ago, IronJambo said: My dear mother-in-law was sent a covid 19 test in the same fashion. She's in scumbria. Unfortunately the results came back that she was alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 Well I did the test and result is 'negative'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Governor Tarkin Posted September 16, 2020 Share Posted September 16, 2020 Did you think you might have had it, @Marvin? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvin Posted September 16, 2020 Author Share Posted September 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Governor Tarkin said: Did you think you might have had it, @Marvin? No. It was to see if I had the antibodies to fight the virus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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