If I've had, or been exposed to, Coronavirus / Covid-19 am I immune? If I am immune, for how long do I have immunity?
This morning I attended a webinar: Straight Talk: Health care leaders, researchers provide update on state of care amid COVID-19 Speakers were: Geoffrey Baird, MD, PhD: Pathologist and Interim Chair of Laboratory Medicine, UW Medicine; Director of the Clinical and Toxicology Chemistry Laboratory, Harborview Medical Center Nancy Davidson, MD: President & Executive Director, Seattle Cancer Care Alliance; Senior Vice President, Clinical Research Division, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Head, Medical Oncology, University of Washington George Haddad, MD: Co-founder, COVID Response Partners Jeff Tomlin, MD: CEO, Evergreen Health. What I wanted to know was when antibody testing will be widely available in the Seattle area and if being exposed to, or acquiring the virus and surviving, will create immunity to future exposures. Unfortunately , the answers were that testing is coming but supply chain issues remain a problem (not enough swabs). So it is slow. Al...