'I am probably more willing to go into stores and to go into public places than I was prior to my antibody positive test. But I continue to do my best to social distance and mask.'
Some people who have tested positive for coronavirus antibodies continue to mask up. Photo: Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images People who recover from COVID-19 may develop antibodies in response to the coronavirus that causes the illness. That much we know. But the reliability of the tests that detect those antibodies is still in question.
I feel a little more confident that I’m not going to contract it as easily, but having read about some speculation that people might have re-contracted coronavirus, I figure it’s better to play it safe. I take my dog for a walk every day and I put on a mask. We mostly do delivery for our food or get contactless pick up. We’re still kind of sticking to the protocol.
I heard when I was signing up to donate plasma that one donation could help three people. After I donated, I posted about it on social media and a nurse I know from high school said she had used antibodies on a patient. I don’t know too much about it. I just knew that it would be helpful to donate and it didn’t cost me anything other than an afternoon.
Cindi, 52, teacher, Magnolia, Texas My symptoms started with fever, muscle aches and lethargy. I called the doctor immediately and they thought I had the flu. On March 6, in the South, we weren’t even talking COVID. So I was treated for the flu. About four weeks later I was still coughing. My symptoms lingered that long. That’s when I started thinking this wasn’t the stinking flu. So I went and had an antibody test done and it came back positive.
Greg, 42, volunteer coordinator, the Bronx I was not very sick. I had a low fever for a couple of days, chills, dizziness, fatigue. A bit of a sore throat. I never lost my sense of smell or taste. I never had any issues breathing. At that point, only people that were very ill needed to get tested, at least around here.
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