Antibody Tests Can't Be Trusted

Remember back earlier this year when antibody tests were heralded as the solution to not having enough coronavirus tests? Well, cross that one off your list of COVID-19 solutions and stick with wearing a mask, washing your hands, and social distancing, aka stay at home.

Here is a recent 60 Minute segment on antibody tests, Flawed COVID-19 antibody tests shipped without FDA review.

The bottom line is that once again the federal government chose fast over good. Remember the adage, "You can have it good, fast or cheap. But you only get two of the three."

While on the COVID-19 testing, we are at around 570,000 tests a day and the normal estimate is that we need 1 million tests a day. I've even heard the number of 4 million tests a day to get ahead of the virus. 

As for our current situation. In many, not all, states -- governors resisted closing down their states and then insisted on reopening them early. Their citizens are paying the price. Eventually, perhaps they themselves will pay the price at the ballot box or hopefully a mailbox if vote-by-mail is "allowed" to happen. 

California is one exception for the governor doing the right thing early to limit the transmission of the disease and then, thinking they had it under control, opened things back up gradually. Oops!