Posted on 04/10/2020 10:28:54 AM PDT by Enlightened1
Dr. Anthony Fauci on Friday said it’s possible that Americans could eventually carry around certificates of immunity to the coronavirus once proper testing is widespread enough.
“That’s possible,” Dr. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on CNN’s “New Day.”
“It’s one of those things that we talk about when we want to make sure that we know who the vulnerable people are and not,” he said. “This is something that’s being discussed. I think it might actually have some merit.”
Sen. Bill Cassidy, Louisiana Republican, has pitched the idea of an immunity registry to document people no longer believed to be at risk of infection.
Federal and state officials have said that antibody testing to try to determine whether someone had the coronavirus is one of the next major fronts in the battle against COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus.
Dr. Fauci said that within about a week, there will be a “rather large number” of tests that are available but that validating them is key.
“Other countries have gotten burned by this,” he said. “They need to be validated. You need to make sure that they’re consistent and that they’re accurate.”
“It’s very likely that there are a large number of people out there that have been infected, have been asymptomatic, and did not know they were infected,” Dr. Fauci said. “If their antibody test is positive, one can formulate kind of strategies about whether or not they would be at risk or vulnerable to getting reinfected.”
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I have no words. Can’t wait to see all the “conservatives” cheering this shit on.
The little bastard is abusing his 15 minutes of fame.
I don’t trust him for many reasons.
This latest idea smells a lot like Germany in the 1930’s and 40s. “WHERE ARE YOUR PAPERS?”
Get lost little man we’re tired of your act!
I ‘ll be damned if I wear a chip because some overeducated zealot thinks I should!
Their minds are so far gone, it has to be some early version of the strong delusion. They just hate, hate, hate, hate, hate President Trump. They are far beyond the pale in their absurd claims.
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