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New COVID-19 antibody testing option

Credit: WPTV News | West Palm Beach
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New COVID-19 antibody testing option
New COVID-19 antibody testing option

An ER doctor at Wellington Regional's Urgent Care Center is noticing a trend as the state reopen.

LINNIE SUPALL WENT TOWELLINGTON REGIONALCARE CENTER TO SEE THEANTI-BODY TESTING PROCESSSTEP-BY-STEP.ITMONTHS SINCE THE CORONAVIRUSOUTBREAK HIT THE US& BUT AN-ER DOCTOR AT WELLINGTONREGIONALIS NOTICING A TREND AS THESTATE REOPEN&.

[ THE OVERALLPOPULATION THATTO THE CORONAVIRUS IS PROBABLYA LOT HIGHER THAN EXPECTED.

APATTERN THAT DR. ADAM BROMBERCALLS CONCERNING& WE HAVELARGE NUMBERS OF PEOPLE THATHAVE ANTIBODIES TO THISDISEASE THAT DIDNSIGNIFICANT SYMPTOMS ANDDIDNDISEASE DR. BROMBERG IS THEMEDICAL DIRECTOR OF WELLINGTONPHYSICIANS URGENT CARE& ANDSAYS MORE PATIENTS ARE ASKINGABOUT WHETHER THEYEXPOSED TO THE VIRUS, ANANTIBODY TEST CAN HELP ANSWERTHAT QUESTION.

WE SUSPECT YOUWILL HAVE SOME IMMUNITYAGAINST THE VIRUS IN THEFUTURE THE CDC SAYS ANTIBODYTESTS ALSO PLAY AN IMPORTANTROLE IN PINPOINTING GROUPS ATHIGHER RISK FOR INFECTION&THIS BLOOD SERUM TEST TAKESLESS THAN 90 SECONDS TOPERFORM.

NATS NOT BAD AT ALLTHAT WAS EASY.

WPTV VIEWERSHAVE ALSO BEEN REACHING OUTABOUT THE POSSIBLITYCONTRACTING THE VIRUS A SECONDTIME.

142443 POTENTIALLY YESWE DONSURE RIGHT NOW BUT AGAIN ITDEPENDS ON WHICH ANTIBODIESYOU HAVE WE SUSPECT THAT YOUWILL HAVE SOME IMMUNITYAGAINST THE VIRUS IN THEFUTURE EVEN IF YOU HAVE A LESSSEVERE REACTION.

THE CDC ISSTILL ENCOURAING FREQUENTHANDWASHING AND SOCIALDISTANCING TO MINIMIZE RISKFOR INFECTION.

IN WELLINGTONLS WPT

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