The Problem With Antibody Tests
Prognosis: Misconception
Bloomberg
4.1 • 838 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Summary
Antibody tests are suddenly everywhere. These tests are designed to determine whether someone contracted the virus in the past. They help policy makers understand how the virus spreads, and whether measures to contain the virus are working.
Federal regulators relaxed guidelines to make it easier for companies to produce the tests, but this has allowed for a flood of unreliable--and sometimes fraudulent--tests to be offered to consumers. Now, Kristen V. Brown reports, the government is trying to control the mess.
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| 0:42.3 | Welcome to Prognosis. I'm Laura Carlson. It's day 57 since coronavirus was declared a global pandemic. Our main story? Perhaps you've heard of antibody tests. |
| 0:47.3 | These tools, different from COVID-19 tests, which look for an active infection, can help determine whether you've had the |
| 0:56.0 | virus and recovered. |
| 0:58.7 | The federal government deemed them so important that it loosened regulations to get |
| 1:03.8 | a bunch of them produced quickly. |
| 1:06.8 | But that led to a flood of shady tests. Now the government is trying to tighten up again. |
| 1:14.2 | But first, here's what happened today. |
| 1:22.3 | It's a report that's become familiar. |
| 1:24.5 | The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits |
| 1:28.2 | topped 3 million for a seventh straight week. The consistently high numbers suggest there's |
| 1:36.0 | little relief in sight for the economy since the coronavirus began closing restaurants, factories, |
| 1:41.7 | and offices from coast to coast in mid-March. |
| 1:46.9 | Initial jobless claims totaled 3.17 million in the week ending May 2nd, |
| 1:53.0 | according to a Labor Department report released today. |
| 1:56.7 | That brought the seven-week total to about 33.5 million. |
| 2:03.1 | In yet another move to make air travel safer, a new policy will require all U.S. airport security screeners to start wearing masks. |
| 2:14.0 | The Transportation Security Administration will announce the rule as soon as today, according to two people familiar with the discussions. |
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