Covid 19 antibody tests- our review in the Daily Mail

A journalist came in unannounced to our clinic, and the write-up was excellent. Please see the link below.

I was the family guinea pig for a new Covid antibody test

“I went online to book my test one evening after a simple Google search of ‘Covid-19 antibody check‘. Early the next morning, I got a phone call from a pleasant-sounding woman at the clinic I had chosen. She checked my name and address, gave me a 1 p.m. slot that day, and took my £190 payment.”

“Three-and-a-half hours later, I received an email from the clinic saying I was in the clear.

And that means, almost certainly, that Nigel did not have the virus, either, when he ended up in the hospital the first time.

I am sure I am not the only one rushing to take the test.

Even if you test positive, it does not guarantee immunity from the disease. The makers of the Government tests—Abbot Laboratories in the U.S. and Swiss pharmaceutical giant Roche—make that clear.

But these tests give us a glimmer of hope. They will help scientists get a ‘bigger picture’ of COVID-19’s lethal antics.”

About Dr Gerlis

Dr Laurence Gerlis qualified with double First Class Honours from Clare College Cambridge where he was a scholar and William Butler prize winner - he was a Price scholar at the Royal London Hospital. He was responsible for the first-ever worldwide approval of human insulin for use in patients. Dr Gerlis is a Member of the Royal Colleges of Physicians and holds the Diploma in Pharmaceutical Medicine (DPM).

Dr Gerlis