Should you get the COVID-19 antibody test?

It's a quick test giving quick results.

It can show if you had Coronavirus in the past, and could be immune now.

HAD CORONAVIRUS... AND IF YOUCOULD NOW BE IMMUNE.

JOE LETSYOU KNOW THE CONCERNS OVER WHOIS GIVING THOSE TESTS...MOSTOF WHICH HAVE NOT BEENAPPROVED BY THE GOVERNMENT.THEY ARE ANTIBODY TESTS FORCOVID-19..POPPING UP AT CLINICSLIKE THIS ONE IN SCOTTSDALEFOR $60..

AND AT ANOTHER INGILBERT FOR $100... A QUICKBLOOD TEST NOT FOR CURRENTVIRUS, BUT TO DETERMINE IFYOU'VE HAD IT IN THE PAST ANDCOULD BE IMMUNE IN THE FUTURE.45 I THINK THERE ARE SOMEPOTENTIAL CONCERNS HERE DR.BOBBI PRITT IS A CLINICALMICROBIOLOGIST WITH MAYOCLINIC.

RIGHT NOW, ABOUT 70MANUFACTURERS ARE ON A FOODAND DRUG ADMINISTRATION LISTTO MAKE AND DISTRIBUTE THETEST..

BUT ONLY ONE HAS BEENEVALUATED AND APPROVED BY THEFDA.

455 SO IT'S A BIT MOREUNCERTAIN ABOUT HOW THOSETESTS PERFORMED THE FDA ISALLOWING THESE UNAPPROVEDANITBODY TESTS UNDER CERTAINCONDITIONS..

INCLUDING THATMANUFACTURERS DETERMINED"THEIR TESTS ARE ACCURATE ANDRELIABLE." 811 YOU HAVE TOHAVE THE SKILLS AND ABILITIESTO REALLY EVALUATE TEST IFYOU'RE GONNA BE BRINGING THEMIN WITHOUT THE FDA OVERSIGHT.DR. PRITT SAYS MAYO CLINICTESTED HUNDREDS OF SPECIMENSTO COME UP WITH 2 ANTIBODYTESTS THEY TRUST.

SHE SAYS IFA SMALL CLINIC HAS THE EXPERTSTO OVERSEE, AND VALIDATED THETESTS, GREAT...... 258 BUT IFTHEY DIDN'T THEY COULD BECONCERNING BECAUSE THEY MAY BEGETTING FALSE NEGATIVE ANDFALSE POSITIVE RESULTS AND NOTEVEN KNOW IT ONE EXAMPLE..PRITT SAYS BY THE TIME WE'READULTS, 90% OF US HAVEANTIBODIES RELATED TOCORONAVIRUS BECAUSE IT'S ALSOLINKED TO THE COMMON COLD.

556SO WHEN YOU SAY SOMETHING ISPOSITIVE DOES THAT REALLY MEANPEOPLE HAD COVID-19 OR DO THEYHAVE SOME OTHER VIRUS THAT ISCROSS-REACTING THE FDA SAYSTHERE ARE THREE THINGS THINGSPROVIDERS SHOULD NOT TELLYOU..

- THAT THE TESTS CAN BEDONE AT HOME..

THEY CANT.

-THAT THE ANTIBODY TESTDETERMINES CURRENTCOVID-19..IT DOESNT..

...ANDTHAT THEIR TEST IS FDAAPPROVED WHEN THEY ARE NOT..SO WE DID OUR OWN TEST..

7:58MONICA-SO HAS IT GONE THROUGHTRIALS AND FDA?

WE CALLIED ACOUPLE OF LOCAL CLINICS..

BOTHTOLD US THEIR TESTS WERE NOTAPPROVED... 1:50 AND THISWORKS FOR SOMEONE WHO HAS ITRIGHT NOW..

AND WHILE ONE TOLDUS THE ANTIBODY TEST DOES NOTINDICATE CURRENT COVID-19,WHICH IT DOESNT, THE OTHER WASCONFUSED..

SAYING IT DEPENDS.TAG: DR. PRITT SAYS A HOSPITALLAB SETTING MAY BE BEST..

SHESAYS TESTS NOT APPROVED BY THEFDA IS NOT THE ISSUE.

SHE SAYSMAYOS TESTS AREN'T FDAAPPRROVED.

THE ISSUE ISVALIDATING THE TESTS..

ANDHAVING EXPERTS WHO KNOW WHATTHE RESULTS REALLY MEAN... SOTTZ THERE ARE SOME POTENTIALCONCERNS HERE A DOCTOR TALKINGABOUT THOSE COVID 19 ANTIBODYTESTS SHOWING UP AT CLINICSACROSS ARIZONA..

HAVE YOU HADTHE VIRUS BEFORE?