"What I’m sure about is that it does not cause profound, long-term immunodeficiency like that seen with HIV. I am sure about that because we have not seen the hallmarks of such immunodeficiency in recovered COVID-19 patients."
Also, there has been a *lot* of data collected on immunity to SARS-CoV-2 itself in the recovered patients. A lot. And it does show that survivors like yourself have enhanced immunity, not reduced, to that specific virus.
Do you have any thoughts on how the widespread availability of at-home COVID tests should affect how we look at the test positivity rate? On one hand, if people are using at-home tests and then following up with PCR tests to confirm positives, this would increase the test positivity rate, and what used to be considered a "high" rate might no longer be indicative of a lot of cases that are being missed. On the other hand, the availability of at-home tests might mean that PCR tests are being skipped entirely, and we're just missing lots of cases, so we would be missing lots of cases even when the positivity rate was "low".
"What I’m sure about is that it does not cause profound, long-term immunodeficiency like that seen with HIV. I am sure about that because we have not seen the hallmarks of such immunodeficiency in recovered COVID-19 patients."
Also, there has been a *lot* of data collected on immunity to SARS-CoV-2 itself in the recovered patients. A lot. And it does show that survivors like yourself have enhanced immunity, not reduced, to that specific virus.
Do you have any thoughts on how the widespread availability of at-home COVID tests should affect how we look at the test positivity rate? On one hand, if people are using at-home tests and then following up with PCR tests to confirm positives, this would increase the test positivity rate, and what used to be considered a "high" rate might no longer be indicative of a lot of cases that are being missed. On the other hand, the availability of at-home tests might mean that PCR tests are being skipped entirely, and we're just missing lots of cases, so we would be missing lots of cases even when the positivity rate was "low".