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COVID-19 Antibody Tests May Be Wrong Half the Time: CDC

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COVID-19 Antibody Tests May Be Wrong Half the Time: CDC
A health worker takes a drop of blood for a COVID-19 antibody test in Torrance, Calif., on May 5, 2020. Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
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5/27/2020|Updated: 5/27/2020

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said in new guidance that COVID-19 antibody tests could be wrong half the time and so should not be relied on to guide policy decisions regarding the deadly disease.

Antibody tests, sometimes referred to as serological tests, look for evidence of an immune response to infection and so can be used to determine if someone was sick with COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) virus.
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Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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