Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://youtu.be/ezB6STvvuaM   Here are a group of questions from a YouTube viewer Jan Kerry.     ?First: what about testing for the ANTIBODIES in the people that have had Covid ALREADY?  Is there a test for that?   There are readily available CoVid #antibody tests that will tell you if you have anti-CoVid antibodies indicating you’ve been exposed to the Covid19 virus.  Many of the tests do not measure neutralizing antibodies against the spike protein but antibodies against other viral proteins such as the nucleocapsid protein.  aTherynd cannot tell you just how immune to the virus you may be.   I’m paraphrasing Jan’s next question: Do people who had CoVid need #vaccination? Do we test them and asymptomatic people for antibodies?  If positive, do they need vaccine?   The answer is that everyone, even those who developed antibodies to CoVid from a natural exposure, need vaccination.  The available vaccines produce orders of magnitude higher levels of protective antibodies than natural infections and