Antibody tests for Covid-19 wrong up to half the time, CDC says

[Peter1469]

Antibody tests for Covid-19 wrong up to half the time, CDC says

A 50% fail rate makes this test worse than useless.

Antibody tests used to determine if people have been infected in the past with Covid-19 might be wrong up to half the time, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in new guidance posted on its website.

Antibody tests, often called serologic tests, look for evidence of an immune response to infection. "Antibodies in some persons can be detected within the first week of illness onset," the CDC says.


They are not accurate enough to use to make important policy decisions, the CDC said.
"Serologic test results should not be used to make decisions about grouping persons residing in or being admitted to congregate settings, such as schools, dormitories, or correctional facilities," the CDC says.

[midcan5]

Agreed, another reason we need to bring science and material creation back to America. Free markets have made us weak not strong. Many of the materials needed to fight these viruses and diseases are now made in India and China. Diversity works and we have forgot that in our economic world today.


https://theconversation.com/the-worl...navirus-138388


Topics covered here: 'Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs' by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker

[Peter1469]

Free markets make us stronger, not weaker, Vlad.

Agreed, another reason we need to bring science and material creation back to America. Free markets have made us weak not strong. Many of the materials needed to fight these viruses and diseases are now made in India and China. Diversity works and we have forgot that in our economic world today.


https://theconversation.com/the-worl...navirus-138388


Topics covered here: 'Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs' by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker

[MisterVeritis]

Agreed, another reason we need to bring science and material creation back to America. Free markets have made us weak not strong. Many of the materials needed to fight these viruses and diseases are now made in India and China. Diversity works and we have forgot that in our economic world today.


https://theconversation.com/the-worl...navirus-138388


Topics covered here: 'Deadliest Enemy: Our War Against Killer Germs' by Michael T. Osterholm, Mark Olshaker

I am impressed by how consistently you are wrong.