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Antibody Test, Seen as Key to Reopening Country, Does Not Yet Deliver

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Across the U.S., businesses and government entities are lining up for coronavirus antibody tests that will assure them it’s safe for them to work. There’s just one problem: Many of the tests are of “frankly dubious quality,” flagging some as having antibodies when they don’t.

In other cases the tests are being used to diagnose disease — which is something they’re not designed to do. On top of that, many of the companies making these tests are based in China and haven’t received government vetting.

Source: The New York Times April 19, 2020.