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@merpreb To me, this is very confusing. Johns Hopkins is using antibody testing to determine the effect of the vaccine on immunocompromised people so is their research totally inaccurate?
I realize the antibody tests do not tell the whole story but I would think they do give us one piece of the puzzle. If you show antibodies it certainly must be better than if you do not.
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I believe JH is using a specific test they helped develop, which is still considered experimental and not fully licensed for distribution. I understand it can give quantitative information, and they are still gathering data about it. In the mean time, they don't know what specific levels of antibodies mean - only that most who test "negative" convert to "positive" after a third dose.
@loribmt and @rosemary, as transplant recipients, what was your experience as far as testing for antibodies and a third dose?
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@contentandwell- I agree. My answer was to a very specific type of test. There are all sorts of tests for inflammation and antibodies but the one that we all seem to want is one that gives us a grade or number to tell us how much immunity in our bodies there is against COVID-19. Other than that I don't know enough to make even a guess.