With a White House increasingly anxious to get the economy in gear and an approved vaccine for the novel coronavirus still months away at best, public health officials are hoping that tens of millions of Americans will have access to a simple blood test that can identify recovered patients who've
The idea behind the push is that people who have been exposed to the virus form antibodies in their bloodstream that may help them to fight off another infection. The hope is that the body's antibodies against COVID-19 can diminish the chances of re-infection. Theoretically, those found to have immunized antibodies could then return to work and help reignite the economy.
"I think there's a perception that when we test the larger, general population that there's a lot of people out there who were exposed and have immunity," Gottlieb said."But I think when we do these tests, we'll see it's actually much smaller." Now, health officials are urging Americans to reserve diagnostic tests for the active virus – a nasal swab – for health care workers and patients in hospitals.
On Tuesday, FDA Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said antibody testing can help identify individuals who have overcome an infection and that"may potentially be used to help determine, together with other clinical data, that such individual are no longer susceptible to infection and can return to work." The FDA has said it doesn't intend to object to the development and distribution of these serology tests either. At least one company – Cellex – has gone so far as to receive"emergency authorization."
As of Wednesday, 70 commercial labs had notified the FDA that they have antibody tests available for use but without proceeding with an emergency use authorization. BioMedomics is on that list. Adm. Giroir echoed that sentiment, noting that the volume of labs rolling out their own tests made it increasingly likely that some won't work.
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