[Repeal The 17th]

I predict that comments on this thread will go downhill quickly.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The human race survived virus plagues for millions of years until the professional affirmative-action bureaucrat and professional affirmative-action educrat class came along to save us.

Now we are doomed.

[ghostkatz]

Is the antibody test designed to detect a current state of infection or a past infection ? IgM vs IgG antibodies for example

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Performance Characteristics of the Abbott Architect SARS-CoV-2 IgG Assay and Seroprevalence in Boise, Idaho

ABSTRACT
Coronavirus disease-19 (COVID19), the novel respiratory illness caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), is associated with severe morbidity and mortality. The rollout of diagnostic testing in the United States was slow, leading to numerous cases that were not tested for SARS-CoV-2 in February and March 2020, necessitating the use of serological testing to determine past infections. Here, we evaluated the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG test for detection of anti-SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies by testing 3 distinct patient populations. We tested 1,020 serum specimens collected prior to SARS-CoV-2 circulation in the United States and found one false positive, indicating a specificity of 99.90%. We tested 125 patients who tested RT-PCR positive for SARS-CoV-2 for which 689 excess serum specimens were available and found sensitivity reached 100% at day 17 after symptom onset and day 13 after PCR positivity. Alternative index value thresholds for positivity resulted in 100% sensitivity and 100% specificity in this cohort. We tested 4,856 individuals from Boise, Idaho collected over one week in April 2020 as part of the Crush the Curve initiative and detected 87 positives for a positivity rate of 1.79%. These data demonstrate excellent analytical performance of the Abbott SARS-CoV-2 IgG test as well as the limited circulation of the virus in the western United States. We expect the availability of high-quality serological testing will be a key tool in the fight against SARS-CoV-2.

So the "CRUSH THE ECONOMY" campaign was really not needed.

[SoCalCynic]

Does anyone have results of recent antibody testing? I looked earlier today but couldn’t find anything except the initial reports out of LA County and Bay Area with estimate of ?15% exposure.

[Fido969]

A whole new line of work for a wet-nurse.

[aquila48]

Mother’s milk has been protecting infants forever...

https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/full/10.1146/annurev.nutr.25.050304.092553#_i3