Coronavirus
Should You Have Your Antibodies Tested After Receiving the Coronavirus Vaccine?
Q: I’m fully vaccinated. Should I get an antibody test to check my immunity to COVID-19?
A: You might be tempted to take an antibody test to find out whether your COVID vaccine worked. But — no. Immunology experts say there is little to be gained, for now, from an antibody test, for a number of reasons.
Dr. Carl Fitchenbaum, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, says that while there are antibody tests to verify protection from vaccines for diseases such as mumps and measles, “those took decades to develop, and with COVID-19 we’re only at a year and a half.”
