You can find practices, labs and some physician’s offices in DFW where you can go and pay for one of these tests that can inform you if you’ve had COVID-19 in the past and now have the antibodies in your body, but confusion is constructing more than COVID-19 antibody tests.
This week, the FDA authorized tests from Chembio Diagnostic Systems and Ortho Clinical Diagnostics.
They combine a test authorized in early April from the company Cellex.
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Also on Wednesday, Abbott Laboratories announced it will launch a new antibody test although it does not have explicit FDA authorization.
Abbott and dozens of other businesses are legally allowed to distribute it under regulatory flexibilities issued by the FDA.
The tests being offered to North Texans for anywhere between $20 and $70.
It uses a drop of blood vessels to search for IgM antibodies, which are present at a existing COVID-19 disease and/or IgG antibodies that stay in your body once you have recovered.
The question is for how long?
“We do not know the answer to that,” said the chair of the Texas Public Health Coalition Dr. John Carlo.
Carlo explained that’s one large takeaway individuals ought to know concerning antibody testing.
“We don’t even know if this test being favorable really demonstrates that you were safe or immune from subsequent coronavirus disease, so if anything, I fear that a positive test could give someone a false sense of safety,” he said.
There is also a question about these IgM antibodies.
They might mean you are an asymptomatic carrier. Your doctor may give you a referral to get a PCR test, which is the nasal swab test.
“Lots people want to get tested so that we may demonstrate that we’re protected from becoming another coronavirus infection. Again, the antibody test is actually not likely to be useful for all of us.”
Carlo said the antibody test sees the way that it can be a powerful tool if rolled out in a mass setting, like a nursing home, to help public health decision-makers monitor local ailments.
National health leaders have said the tests can greatly fortify the numbers of nurses, physicians and first responders on the front lines.
Right now, experts say there’s no perfect test and still so much to find out about COVID-19 Compounds, which is why social distancing is still key in slowing the spread.
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