- From: Xiao Zhang <zhangx@gbctech.cn>
- Date: Thu, 9 Apr 2020 00:21:10 +0800
- To: Steven Rowat <steven_rowat@sunshine.net>
- Cc: public-credentials@w3.org
IgG antibody is a signal of ‘old’ infection (one had COVID-19 weeks/months ago) IgM is of current or very recent infection. Regards, Xiao Zhang > 在 2020年4月9日，上午12:14，Steven Rowat <steven_rowat@sunshine.net> 写道： > > On 2020-04-07 11:35 pm, Victoriano Giralt wrote: >> From my work with the lab at Kings college, the "good" tests provide a >> triplet of ternary results: >> Overall "result": Yes/No/unclear >> IgM: High/Medium/Low >> IgG: High/Medium/Low >> >> IgM and IgG are the real immunity results showing how long ago it has >> developed. > > Although I'm not a doctor, I can add that yesterday the doctor in NY Governor Cuomo's press conference explained that there is a key difference between these IgM and IgG, which is that one of them shows past infection, and one shows current. He was explaining that an immunity certificate needs to reflect this difference accurately in order to show that people are over it and do not still have it. > > If my memory of what he said is correct, he was saying that the test they're developing only uses one of them, the one that shows that the infection is 'old' and not current, and that this is sufficient and what is required for an immunity certificate. > > Steven > >
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