Aug 27, 2020
A fishing boat out of Seattle gives clues as to what COVID immunity looks like; an emergency department pulse ox study gives insight into the clinical course of patients discharged home who later develop low oxygen levels; and some staggering statistics on cardiac injury following COVID infection.
We Discuss:
- The impact of neutralizing antibodies on immunity;
- The difference between neutralizing antibodies and what’s tested for in the Abbott Architect commercial antibody test;
- Why some who have a positive commercial antibody test might not be immune;;
- Sensitivity of Viral RT-PCR testing;
- What a negative PCR test means after a high risk exposure;
- An emergency department study found that patients who develop hypoxia after discharge home had an increased incidence of adverse outcome;
- A recent study found a 70% incidence of cardiac injury in 100 recovered COVID patients.
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