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Widespread 'serological testing' crucial in return to normalcy, U.S. officials say
The Washington Times ^ | Thursday, April 9, 2020 | Tom Howell Jr. and David Sherfinski

Posted on 04/09/2020 7:40:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

Americans will be adding a wonkish term — “serological test” — to their vocabularies in the coming days as federal and state officials point to immunity-screening as the key to getting back to normal when coronavirus cases tail off.

The blood tests, which measure antibodies to COVID-19, will give hospitals a sense of which health workers might be immune to the disease and can work on the front lines of the pandemic.

More broadly, policymakers will detect which members of society have levels of protection and can potentially re-enter the workforce safely.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who on Thursday reported another single-day record for coronavirus deaths in his hard-hit state, has been talking about the tests for weeks.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, says it is working with companies at home and abroad to ramp up production of the tests.

“There are several out there — some are validated to show that they’re consistent and others are in the process of being validated,” Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said Thursday on NBC’s “Today” show. “We are told by the people, the companies that make them that very soon — when they say soon, they’re talking days to weeks — that we’d be able to have a large number of these tests available.”

The U.S. coronavirus-testing czar, Admiral Brett Giroir, has said he wants to have “millions” of the tests on the market by May.

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Bill Gates' wet dream.
1 posted on 04/09/2020 7:40:52 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
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They need to get it onto an ELISA test platform. There’s lots of existing technology for that. Just need the kits. Then, testing can really take off.


2 posted on 04/09/2020 7:46:31 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Baloney. This strong cold/weak flu is the first disease ever requiring mass testing and record keeping. The drama continues.


3 posted on 04/09/2020 7:49:33 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Maybe they will create a DNA database while they are at it?


4 posted on 04/09/2020 7:49:43 PM PDT by rey
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Trump agreed with me tonight. Testing 350 million people is absurd. They’ll test enough to get data for their precious models.


5 posted on 04/09/2020 7:50:25 PM PDT by Buckeye McFrog (Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

- They use overexaggerated models

- They use false death coding to artificially build up the death count (the guy who dies of a heat attack with CV19 is coded as a CV death)

- They fight known safe cures that are inexpensive, available now, and have long histories of use


6 posted on 04/09/2020 7:53:20 PM PDT by Chauncey Gardiner
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Your ability to return to work depends on winning a lottery.


7 posted on 04/09/2020 7:57:22 PM PDT by henkster ("We can always fool the foreigner" - Chinese Proverb)
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To: rey

Bingo!! Thats the end game, to get all of US DNA. Disgusting. Bill Gates our enemy.


8 posted on 04/09/2020 8:00:06 PM PDT by GreatRoad
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This will need to be a private home test.

And they need to step on it to get there.


9 posted on 04/09/2020 8:05:06 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: DesertRhino

i can’t wait till I get to see rubbing alcohol on the shelves again, then I’ll know America is back finally


10 posted on 04/09/2020 8:06:08 PM PDT by magna carta
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

_____, NO!


11 posted on 04/09/2020 8:16:31 PM PDT by madison10 (Wash your hands & say your prayers cause Jesus & germs are everywhere)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Important, but not “crucial”.
We can do well without it.


12 posted on 04/09/2020 8:19:33 PM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts (M / F) : Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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E.Pluribus Unum wrote:
"Bill Gates' wet dream."

Well, Gate's wet dream seems to have been patented:

Kevin_Shipp Micrsoft's World Patent for a human implantable chip to sample body bio metrics and transmit the information to a communication device or network. Patent # WO 2020 060606.

Gates' Program ID 2020

Catch the #'s.... not kidding

See here

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/deta


13 posted on 04/09/2020 8:21:40 PM PDT by wtd
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To: Chauncey Gardiner

They (those using failed models) need a good CYA policy


14 posted on 04/09/2020 8:22:56 PM PDT by griswold3 (Democratic Socialism is Slavery by Mob Rule)
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What's in your blood test?

It's all there....in the code.

15 posted on 04/09/2020 8:25:27 PM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: virgil
They need to get it onto an ELISA test platform. There’s lots of existing technology for that. Just need the kits. Then, testing can really take off.

COVID-19 IgM/IgG Rapid Test

It's ready. Fauci is a "disseminator of falsehoods".

NOTE: Updated USFDA guidance issued on March 16, 2020, allows the distribution of this product for diagnostic use in laboratories or by healthcare workers at the point-of-care. The updated policy can be viewed by clicking here. Please see FAQ’s below for more detailed information.

16 posted on 04/09/2020 8:27:32 PM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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Bill Gates' wet dream.

Nah - Gates is hot for the vaccine. Lots of people with natural immunity spoils his fun.

17 posted on 04/09/2020 8:28:54 PM PDT by Shethink13 (there are 0 electoral votes in the state of denial)
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To: mrsmith

Hannity is pushing this, if we have to be able to test everyone who is returning to work, say goodbye to May and the country. It’s not necessary in the rural and low outbreak areas. We have get some of the country back up in the next two weeks or we are done.


18 posted on 04/09/2020 8:35:59 PM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Fauci is such a jerk

Having to prove tigers to open up business is stupid

If I haven’t had the disease or been exposed why should I have to have my titers taken?? Since there is no vaccine in place it’s not like I can do anything about it

This is Fauci’s pointless big govt ouch for more money and more power

Just open the country back up.


19 posted on 04/09/2020 8:39:42 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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So we have to prove we have antibodies before going back to work? That will go over real big.


20 posted on 04/09/2020 8:40:39 PM PDT by Dennis M.
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