Unverified antibody tests ‘risk increasing coronavirus infections’

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UK’s test coordinator issues warning as WHO urges caution over immunity

Unapproved antibody tests could increase people’s risk of becoming infected with coronavirus, the UK’s national testing coordinator has warned.

Countries around the globe are scrambling to develop reliable antibody tests that can detect if people have had the virus and may be immune, in the hope that this might allow for a loosening of lockdown restrictions – so far without success.

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Federalism has become another casualty of Trump and the coronavirus | Andrew Gawthorpe | Opinion | The Guardian

The particular way that Trump exercises power has also contributed to the reaction of governors from both parties. Trump has made clear that he will dole out federal largesse according to political loyalty, even preventing Colorado’s Democratic-led government from purchasing ventilators on the open market and later sending a hundred units “at the request” of the state’s Republican senator, who is facing a tough re-election battle. The message is clear: Democratic governors need to help themselves, because Trump sure won’t. And Republican governors need to stick close to a president who sees himself as his party’s feudal patron rather than the leader of the entire nation. The result has been an inversion of what the Founders intended, with some states slavishly following federal dictate in flagrant disregard of local needs, and others hung out to dry as a national crisis looms and Washington does little to shepherd a national response. Democratic governors cannot rely on the president to protect the lives of their citizens, and Republican governors find themselves acting more as the lackeys of a monarch than representatives of the interests of their states. Taken together, these de

Source: Federalism has become another casualty of Trump and the coronavirus | Andrew Gawthorpe | Opinion | The Guardian

White House touts coronavirus testing capacity in face of criticism – Reuters

The White House on Friday rejected criticism that the country has not ramped up its testing capacity enough to begin safely reopening state economies shuttered to slow the spread of the deadly coronavirus.
— Read on www.reuters.com/article/us-health-coronavirus-pence-testing/white-house-touts-coronavirus-testing-capacity-in-face-of-criticism-idUSKBN21Z3FW

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