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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsIs there a test to learn whether one has already had the corona virus?
I had what I thought was the "flu" in February. I went to the immediate care place here and they swabbed me and said that I didn't have it. But that swab was for the regular flu. I had all the symptoms.
I've talked to friends who said they had a similar experience.
Is it possible that the virus was already circulating in February?
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Would this be a test looking for COVID19 antibodies?
Phoenix61
(17,019 posts)So depending on where you live/travel and where people you are in close contact with live/travel Id think yes, completely possible.
Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)spent xmas morning in the ER. My oxygen levels were down, a first for me with the flu. No pneumonia.
I have questioned since whether I had CV but the test they did on came back Flu A.
Guilded Lilly
(5,591 posts)Our membership driven business is temporarily closed now but we both feel that the bugs we have had since Thanksgiving could have been mild covid-19 cases.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)immunity to the coronavirus once you have had it, you'd be a "valuable person" in that you could help sick people with some immunity to the disease. But, I'm not sure scientists have confirmed such immunity at this point.
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/02/28/810131079/how-a-coronavirus-blood-test-could-solve-some-medical-mysteries