“This” is the idea that “most people don’t know they have it” and “lots of people have herd immunity”. PROPER antibody testing “can” give you data...but just suppose that, once the data comes in that there IS currently no “herd immunity”, and no, there IS no large population that has had the virus without symptoms.
And I would want to know a LOT more about the false negative rate of the test.
I’m just sick and tired of rampant speculation over and over and over and over.
If there is no large population that has had the virus without symptoms, then the infection rate is very low and not quite as dangerous.
But we're not really talking out NO SYMPTOMS are we? The tests for the virus were only performed on a limited amount of people with a specific group of symptoms AND having traveled abroad. If anyone presented with one or two of the designated symptoms but hadn't traveled abroad, they would not be tested. Once you develop immunity and recover, the virus will no longer be detected. The only way to know if you were infected is to test for the specific antibody to the virus. In other words, testing for the virus itself is a snapshot in time. Testing for antibodies is a retrospective video of the episode.
And I would want to know a LOT more about the false negative rate of the test.
As I've said before, the test has already been approved by the FDA. The testing method is one that has been used for years for detection of other viral antibodies. It can't be any worse than the rushed, cumbersome PCR testing for the virus itself.
I’m just sick and tired of rampant speculation over and over and over and over.
Then go sit in your basement with your toilet paper and let the rest of us get back to living. Nobody is forcing you to get tested, but a lot of people are fixing to force a lot of us to get a worthless vaccine that is being rushed into production without the requisite safety testing and double blind studies.
I'm getting tested as soon as I can. If I'm not immune, too bad for me. If I am immune then please leave me in peace.