April 24, 2020 | 12: 51 am
Clients get tested for antibodies at a drive through testing test beyond Delmont Healthcare in Franklin Square, New York.
Dennis A. Clark
New York City health officials are recommending medical service providers versus using antibody tests to determine coronavirus infections or prospective resistance.
The serological tests, as they’re called, are too undependable and it’s not yet understood whether the detection of antibodies equates to resistance from COVID-19, according to a letter dated April 22 from Demetre Daskalakis, a deputy commissioner at the city Health Department.
” They may produce incorrect negative or false positive outcomes, the repercussions of that include providing patients incorrect assistance on preventive interventions like physical distancing or protective equipment,” Daskalakis composed in the letter.
With so many unpredictabilities around asymptomatic providers of the virus and the number of individuals have actually really been infected, attention has relied on antibody screening in hopes it can assist clarify who has really caught the bug and whether they are now immune.
Daskalakis warned medical service providers shouldn’t presume any of t