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sbabayan
09-15-2004, 04:27 AM
hey all,

this friday will be my 30-day mark! i know, it's not a lot, but it feels like it especially since i still clearly remmeber what it felt like on the 2-day mark. ;) anyway, i was wondering, does anyone know any real statistic of what percentage of people produce antibodies after 1 month? i know the CDC says "the majority of people" but is there any real percentage? because majority could mean 51% or more, you know? so yeah it would be great if someone knew that.

also, i would prefer to take the PCR test since it's supposedly accurate after 28 days. but i'm having some trouble finding where to get it done. by the way i have health insurance and money is no problem. i asked my doctor and he didn't even seem to know what i was talking about! :eek: so i don't think my regular doctor's office seems to do it...where does one normally get a PCR done?? could i do it at the ER? i really would feel much more at ease with a PCR test. i called the CDC hotline for info on that and i keep getting all the irritated, frazzled hotline employees and htey're not much help, haha. so yeah, for anyone that's had a PCR here, where did u get it done?

thank you so much,

---Selena

durtro
09-15-2004, 10:35 PM
I'm pretty sure that 50% of people convert within one month, and 97% convert within 3 months. The CDC told me that after one month it's believed to be "bell-shaped" (i.e. 2 months would be higher than 75%). Of course, any negative test is always a good sign! Hopefully everything turns out well for you.

 
 
 




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