Antibody tests are key to getting back to work. But the Trump administration told states to make their own plans.
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Scientists hopeful for monoclonal antibody treatment 02:26Other states, including Alabama, Idaho and Utah, told CNN they are receiving results or information from antibody tests but have not yet implemented processes to analyze the data.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta takes coronavirus antibody test 04:34"You're not necessarily going to get reliable prevalence data if you're just crowdsourcing from the labs that might be using good or bad tests," Wroblewski said. To bring more clarity to the situation, Wroblewski's organization APHL and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists released a guidance document on antibody testing Thursday.
House Dems investigating unproven Covid-19 antibody tests 03:49Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo announced Wednesday that 5,000 residents in her state will be chosen at random to receive tests that can diagnose the virus as well as antibody tests for Covid-19 so the state can have a more accurate portrait of how many people have been exposed to the virus.
This is what an antibody test could mean for the pandemic 03:40Senate Democrats, in a letter to President Trump on Tuesday, criticized what they called"the lack of detail and strategy" in the blueprint. They called on the administration to develop specific plans to implement antibody testing programs.
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