Corona testing.......

The wife has tonight started with what appear to be symptoms, fever, cough, headache. Shes booked a test for 11.30 tomorrow morning at a local drive thru testing station. We are both keyworkers mixing with hundreds of the public daily. I feel fine. Should I book a test for tomorrow too, or may it be to early, should I give it a couple of days see what happens?

 

If your wife has it, the incubation period, before she started showing symptoms, would have been quite a few days, during which she could have passed the virus to you. I'd have a test too if I was you. Hope you're both OK.

 

We went for the test last week all clear.. The fact you rub the back of your throat for 10 seconds makes you gag.. (did me) you then shove the same swab up your bugle... Apart from being unpleasant... There's nowt to it.... Just make sure your phones fully charged lol... all will become apparent when you go for it.... Lol

 

I would say it's fair, as you have genuine concerns.... to isolate yourself to wait for the results of your wife's test, , if she is positive get tested yourself asap.

 

Good luck I've just had the antibody test and should know later this week if I've had the virus. If I haven't I think the small air of relaxation towards the disease that I've developed might just wain a little. That said the likelihood of catching it reduces by the day if you stick to a routine.

 

Thanks, she got her negative result back, 36 hours after the test, it was an impressive and efficient set up, all administered by the local Army barracks at Kendrew. Must have been a bad migraine and summer cold as shes much improved.

 

I had the anti-body test yesterday, found out that I'm positive for anti-bodies so must've had it think it was in April

 

Mine came back negative so fe ck knows what I had. Bit wary now mind but at least the six weeks off work shielded me during the peak.

 

How do you get a antibody test?

 

I work for the NHS.

 

I didn't realise they were doing antibody ones. That's great to hear!

 

Any symptoms??

 

We're becoming oncology outpatients only at Pontefract. Cancer patients have natural low immunity so patients with appointments are being tested as well as those undergoing treatment.

The trust has rolled out antibody tests for staff and will be testing staff for the virus too.

 

They’re antibody testing all nhs workers

presumably to get an idea of the prevalence in society by extrapolation of that data.

and of course if you’ve had it, it’s difficult to stay off work with symptoms, not that I’m cynical

 

Not cynical at all.
The second is a valid reason, the first doesn’t really work because it’d be wildly inaccurate to extrapolate NHS workers to the population because they’ve been much more exposed.

Where the data will be valuable is to get to the bottom of the immunity question.

 

Personally I don't think it's got anything to do with prevalence: we have staff who have to ignore the 2 metre rule and we know that ppe only provides a certain amount of protection.
It's more about trying to keep people working perhaps. Immunity has not yet been established though (unless I'm missing something). I know though that when I return to work some ******** manager is going to tell me I have "immunity" now. The same manager's that have flouted social distancing requirements when entering wards, often with a couple of other people walking side by side and with no ppe. The same managers that have stated "what are you getting so het up about" when staff have shared concerns about having covid patients on our wards.

 

I had high temperature, couldn't get out of bed for 6 days apart from the bathroom, no energy and also a strange taste in my mouth. This was beginning of April, must've only got it mild as being diabetic I was worried that I would get severe symptoms if I caught it.

 

b.ollocks thought it was an ad for a beer factory job

 

I think you can get everyone tested in the household if you are a key worker ( or indeed anyone) with only 1 showing symptoms. My bro in law took the family. On the same issue. ( one showing symptoms) His Mrs a key worker.
Will try and contact him to remind me exactly how he got that done.

 

They shouldn't say that, because the trust exec is making it very clear that nothing changes to how you conduct yourself if you test positive for antibodies, so it surely works both ways from our safety perspective until the research proves otherwise