The way the tests we’ve used work is a nurse takes a blood draw, then ships it off somewhere for the antibody test, so there’s not really an opportunity to use mucus in the test. If the next test comes back negative, then I might search harder for an at-home antibody test and a protocol for mucus.
Would an alternative (and possibly easier) approach be to simply take some additional doses—it’s my understanding that you really cannot make yourself sick with this type of vaccine—over a week and then retest for antibodies?
If that still fails then consider figuring out how to perform your own mucus testing.
Yes, good job catching that. I’m currently using relatively low dose of each of nine different peptides, so there’s a fair bit of elbow room before I hit a large dose of each individual peptide, and even more elbow room before I’d start worrying about tolerance. It is something I’ll check if I start cranking up the dosage.
Also, to a large extent, “more dakka” here is as much about more time as higher dose. In general, you have to wait a while for a vaccine to really kick in.
Neat! Will you also use try commercial antibody tests on your mucus, or is that known to not-work?
The way the tests we’ve used work is a nurse takes a blood draw, then ships it off somewhere for the antibody test, so there’s not really an opportunity to use mucus in the test. If the next test comes back negative, then I might search harder for an at-home antibody test and a protocol for mucus.
Would an alternative (and possibly easier) approach be to simply take some additional doses—it’s my understanding that you really cannot make yourself sick with this type of vaccine—over a week and then retest for antibodies?
If that still fails then consider figuring out how to perform your own mucus testing.
Wasn’t there something about to much antigen possibly reducing immune reaction in the white paper?
Yes, good job catching that. I’m currently using relatively low dose of each of nine different peptides, so there’s a fair bit of elbow room before I hit a large dose of each individual peptide, and even more elbow room before I’d start worrying about tolerance. It is something I’ll check if I start cranking up the dosage.
Also, to a large extent, “more dakka” here is as much about more time as higher dose. In general, you have to wait a while for a vaccine to really kick in.
Yeah, more dakka is still the default plan right now if the next test comes back negative.