I didn’t think antibody tests were working yet.

Apr 3, 2020
8:27:59pm

8-track All-American

World leaders say they have so far failed to identify a single coronavirus antibody test which is accurate enough for use

The search for a coronavirus antibody test which could allow the worldwide coronavirus lockdown to end has failed to identify any that work.

https://www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-antibody-test-g7-leaders-accuracy-covid-19-immunity-passports-2020-4[https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.businessinsider.com/coronavirus-antibody-test-g7-leaders-accuracy-covid-19-immunity-passports-2020-4%3famp]

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Good news: Random testing shows several in Italy had covid who thought they

BYUCougarsFan

4/3/20 8:20pm

Very interesting

ABCoug

4/3/20 8:21pm

Way to undersell! Several = 66%.

Plato

4/3/20 8:22pm

Not really underselling. Sure it is 2/3 but still a total of 40 people

Y05

4/3/20 9:45pm

I've never heard 40 referred to as several. 2 score!

Plato

4/3/20 9:59pm

I have always thought it is widespread, started in Jan

johnnycarson

4/3/20 8:24pm

They want it both ways. It's super contagious, but somehow just hung around for

Harbinger

4/3/20 8:26pm

That's wild. If that's the case, herd immunity is there.

ebv

4/3/20 8:25pm

I didn’t think antibody tests were working yet.

8-track

4/3/20 8:27pm

This would be my concern

webster242

4/3/20 8:39pm

FDA authorized test.

ORCoug

4/3/20 9:06pm

Terrible decision making based on terrible information.

Coach's Dad

4/3/20 8:31pm

Agreed. The answer has always been to put all resources we can into testing.

johnnybyu

4/3/20 8:35pm

The solution to false positives is more testing, not less

webster242

4/3/20 8:40pm

I am in agreement. The more testing you do the better you get at it, the lower

johnnybyu

4/3/20 8:54pm

Yep from the beginning the govt should have made it very clear they would pay

Coach's Dad

4/3/20 8:44pm

Yep should have been a wartime effort in getting testing stations on every

johnnybyu

4/3/20 9:00pm

Could have saved 1.5 trillion.

Coach's Dad

4/3/20 9:01pm

Totally agree. People were saying the economics didn't work because testing

johnnybyu

4/3/20 9:07pm

If true this is a game changer. We really need to test everyone so we have

johnnybyu

4/3/20 8:34pm

IMO, Utah is going to test really high in serology testing.

Lance71

4/3/20 9:11pm

Why? Lot of Chinese tourists in Utah?

byu1

4/3/20 9:38pm

We need to do the serology testing in mass numbers

Run-DMT

4/3/20 8:42pm

Great News: Utah is now doing randomized testing

akmewg

4/3/20 8:44pm

The test they got from China were unreliable and faulty

travelcoug

4/3/20 9:12pm

Wow

byu1

4/3/20 9:21pm

Not to be a Debbie downer, but antibody testing has a much higher probability of

doctorcoug

4/3/20 9:24pm

I think most people have false sense of doom

ABCoug

4/3/20 9:35pm

Lol. I think people should take a deep breath. After seeing our plans, I think

doctorcoug

4/3/20 9:47pm

That's not a high confidence interval?

Plato

4/3/20 10:01pm

It's pretty good, but it is compared to something that we have no comparison

doctorcoug

4/3/20 10:05pm

Neither pcr or viral culture will prove immunity. Needs to be serologic test

Run-DMT

4/3/20 11:06pm

It’s the same reason I see so many people with “Lyme Disease”

Nakedbootleg

4/3/20 10:25pm

This is precisely the point. I had a patient with measles symptoms. Antibody for

doctorcoug

4/3/20 10:57pm

Circulating IgG antibody levels to a virus is a way to confirm immunity.

Run-DMT

4/3/20 11:12pm

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