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The NIH is collecting blood samples from volunteers, with the goal of quantifying the incidence of undetected coronavirus infections.
I have emailed them saying I want to participate, because it's something I can (probably) do, unlike most medical studies. It involves drawing a blood sample and sending it back to them in the mail (unless you live in Bethesda, MD, in which case they'd like you to come in and have them take the sample).
A lot of studies want healthy volunteers, or people not on any prescription drugs, which absolutely makes sense, and rules me out. This one is looking for people who are at least 18 years old, who haven't had COVID-19, and are comfortable taking a blood sample at home; that last probably rules out a lot of people.
It sounds like participants will get their test results, but not quickly. And you have to be okay with having the NIH store a sample of your blood.
I have emailed them saying I want to participate, because it's something I can (probably) do, unlike most medical studies. It involves drawing a blood sample and sending it back to them in the mail (unless you live in Bethesda, MD, in which case they'd like you to come in and have them take the sample).
A lot of studies want healthy volunteers, or people not on any prescription drugs, which absolutely makes sense, and rules me out. This one is looking for people who are at least 18 years old, who haven't had COVID-19, and are comfortable taking a blood sample at home; that last probably rules out a lot of people.
It sounds like participants will get their test results, but not quickly. And you have to be okay with having the NIH store a sample of your blood.