JANFU:
Good point, in fact a very good point which I missed. Thanks for bringing it to my attention. But short of doing postmortem tissue biopsies on everybody who dies under suspicious circumstances and freezing them for future testing after the crisis is over, how can we know how significant the hidden Covid-19 death toll is? Right now and for the next while medical and testing resources are stretched too thin saving lives to get a more accurate picture of these hidden Covid-19 deaths. But in the coming months maybe we will learn the answer to your very good point.
Cheers.
Evilroddy.
Another hurdle to pass after mass testing is available to all Canadians, is blood samples / testing to see who has been infected.
Italy has been chatting about Immunity Certificates, which clears those infected, have the anti bodies and can resume work
Questions arise over how long these antibodies are viable??
C19 is not going away. It has spread to every population. Fauci motioned it could result in seasonal outbreaks.
Possibly yes, but I see 1 large issue is literally clearing residents block by block.
Those that had it, cleared, those that did not stay at home. Massive mobilization of staff to test people- I have problems with people performing and doing their own tests- do not trust them to finagle with blond samples tests as mentioned in the link
Then we have secondary infections, yet to come.
Next I think people traveling into Canada will need to have such an immunity certificate
World travels will be severely interrupted due to outbreaks yet to ravage poor countries
India- 1.3 B on lock down and no social safety nets. None
Now to refugee camps for Syrian refugees - Turkey-Greece- Lebanon and inside Syria
Iran is lying about their numbers and there is significant travel between Iran-Iraq -Syria-Lebanon
My opinion, millions will die from C19
An at-home fingerprick blood test may help detect your exposure to coronavirus
Americans may soon be able to learn if they've ever been infected with COVID-19 with a prick of their finger and a smartphone — and without having to leave their homes.
A Los Angeles digital healthcare company called Scanwell Health is seeking U.S. government clearance for a kit that lets users submit a scanned image of a blood test to doctors via their phones. Within a few hours, according to the company, the user will learn whether the blood contains antibodies for coronavirus.
"The entire testing process happens at home," says Scanwell Chief Medical Officer Jack Jeng, "No specimen has to be shipped back."
A positive test result means a patient has been exposed to COVID-19 at some point in the past and has developed antibodies to fight it.