"I Think I Have Enough for Now": Living with COVID-19 Antibodies in the Philippines

• Main Author: Lasco, Gideon
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2022
• Subjects: COVID-19; Philippines; antibodies; biosociality; pandemics; science and technology studies; Anthropology; Biological and Physical Anthropology; Medicine and Health; Medicine and Health Sciences; Social and Behavioral Sciences; Sociology
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/dev-stud-faculty-pubs/115; https://doi.org/10.1080/01459740.2022.2089569
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Drawing on face-to-face and virtual fieldwork in the Philippines, I document the emergence of antibody testing as a popular practice among Filipinos during the COVID-19 pandemic, helping them make decisions about vaccines and other life choices. Antibodies gave people a sense of agency and control a...