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Looking forward to a smooth antibody testing rollout? You shouldn’t.
The antibody testing measures being touted by leaders who realize that the stimulus has failed are a desperate Hail Mary designed to get people working again. Should people go back to work? That’s a tough question: transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus will increase if they do. Yet perhaps the desolate economy represents a greater threat to the livelihood of Americans. I want to be clear on this: the federal government could have prevented this issue last month when the stimulus bill was passed. They chose not to.
Now SBA funding has vanished rapidly and the pressure is on governors to help their citizens figure out how to navigate this crisis with as little damage as possible as new evidence emerges that the Trump administration knew about the virus last November and somehow still has not managed to take any sort of reasonable or decisive action.
Antibody Testing: What You Need To Know
There is an extremely dangerous undercurrent in the current discussion about what to do regarding COVID-19. This undercurrent is related to the economy, and the pressure that economic matters are putting on leaders to get people back to work. Antibody testing is something we know next to nothing about — and yet it is being touted as the instant magic ready to save our…
