ANTIBODY TESTING
Some antibody tests for COVID-19 previous infection can give false results, experts say
It’s the Covid Clinic. According to spokesman Matt Collins, it’s a partnership by Sean Penn’s nonprofit Community Organized Relief Effort, or CORE, and Huntington Beach family practice Dr. Matthew Abinante.
For $125, a person can get a nasal swab test for COVID-19., For $75 you can take an antibody test.
“.. Some are misusing antibody test results to diagnose the disease, not realizing that they can miss the early stages of infection.
“People don’t understand how dangerous this test is,” said Michael T. Osterholm, an infectious disease expert at the University of Minnesota. “We sacrificed quality for speed, and in the end, when it’s people’s lives that are hanging in the balance, safety has to take precedence over speed.”
Even as government agencies, companies and academic researchers scramble to validate existing tests and create better ones, there are doubts they can deliver as promised. Most tests now available mistakenly flag at least some people as having antibodies”
$125? say what?
are these problems, real problems, or embellished problems?
TESTING
20 million COVID-19 tests per day needed to fully open economy: Study
“...more than 45 economists, social scientists, lawyers and ethicists say there’s a growing consensus pointing to a major step necessary to put Americans back to work: dramatically upscaling testing.
“In a report titled “Roadmap to Pandemic Resilience,” set to be released on Monday...Test producers will need to deliver 5 million tests per day by early June to safely open parts of the economy by late July, according to the report. To “fully re-mobilize the economy,” the country will need to see testing grow to 20 million a day, the report suggests.”
alrighty then