Chat about Novel Coronavirus - 2019-nCoV - COVID-19

Capilliary (finger prick) blood or venous blood sample?

https://www.abbott.co.uk/media-center/news/statement-from-abbott-on-use-of-Abbott-Architect-SARS-COV-2-antibody-test-with-home-kits.html

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I heard somewhere that there's been an overall reduction in all other infections since covid19 that can't really be explained. Like they've been displaced by it.

That true?

Not a reliable source, so just wondering if it's worth pondering over.

People aren't being quite as filthy as usual.

Some people.

Social distancing, isolation, shielding and a huge improvement in personal hygiene (washing their hands) will have a huge effect on reducing the amount of infections of various diseases going round.

Covid-19 hasn't displaced it but the measures put in place to contain Covid-19 will have.

I heard recently that Norovirus (Winter Vomiting Bug) is a fraction of the number of cases usually seen (either in hospitals or in the general public). A lot of this will be down to the fact that many people are washing their hands after being outside.

fair enough... Makes sense.

Johnson gives the OK for sex bubbles and going to the zoo. This is all so weird.

David Cameron will be rubbing his hands...

Single people can "form a bubble with another household". What does this even mean?

Glad I'm not single

That looks like 1 double person

Singles can hang out with one other single without distancing etc. But you have to stick with that one. So choose carefully.

And if they don't get on they get turned into an animal?

And we are back to David Cameron.

Lol

Convinced they have a bag with different phrases: pick three randomly for that day's announcement.

Human centipede style

Whats this wack a mole bollox all about?

how accurate are venous? any chance of false positive? my sister just had one today (NHS nurse) along with 700 other staff

http://www.iomtoday.co.im/article.cfm?id=56160
Social distancing no longer a legal requirement.
22 days case free. Borders remain closed, mainly until you lot sort your shit out.
All feels a little too easy.

Lots of hospitals are screening staff for antibodies, 10 mls venous blood I think. Meant to be pretty accurate, not had any info from our trust about specificity (which from memory is the false positive rate.

mainly until you lot sort your shit out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0qw3I0ZZoY

The Roche and Abbott antibody tests using venous blood are way more accurate than the home antibody test kits that Superdrug etc were selling. The home tests tried to get about 6ml blood from fingerpricking and ending up with loads of contaminated samples.

There's an unknown (to me, yet) false negative and false positive rate for the tests. Thing is, I think you have to just accept the result as it is (as either way it's going to make little difference on an individual level).