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A few weeks ago an A4 letter dropped through the door addressed to the homeowners and inside was an invitation to take part in a Covid study by the office of national statistics and Oxford University.
Without reading the details particularly, I phoned them and said yes.
For five weeks we then had a weekly Covid swab test and quick survey (questions relating to contact with other people and face mask wearing) with the (negative) results returned a few days later and a £25 gift voucher each time.
Being science types and wanting to help, we would’ve done it for nothing but the vouchers have been nice.
Now the survey has gone monthly for the remaining year.
A new letter dropped through the other day inviting us to also give a tiny sample of blood with the survey so that antibody tests could add to the data.
If anybody gets this letter, I would urge them to take part two help gather data about Covid and also get some useful vouchers.
One interesting thought is that having been vaccinated, if the antibody test comes up showing no antibodies, then what happens?