Comments on: CDC Guidelines For Re-Opening Your Business https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/06/cdc-guidelines-for-re-opening-your-business.html Everything to make HR better Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:33:25 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/06/cdc-guidelines-for-re-opening-your-business.html#comment-223704 Tue, 02 Jun 2020 12:33:25 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=5758#comment-223704 In reply to Evil HR Lady.

After totally bungling the development of the diagnostic test — partly by insisting that only they could develop one, and then by contaminating one of the reagents — the CDC overreacted and let anyone put out a serology test, without any kind of vetting. It will probably be quite awhile before the tests get sorted out and we know which ones are valid, and even longer before we know the implications of the presence of antibodies; that is, whether the person is still contagious, or has some type of immunity, etc.

]]> By: Evil HR Lady https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/06/cdc-guidelines-for-re-opening-your-business.html#comment-223665 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 12:04:29 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=5758#comment-223665 In reply to grannybunny.

Yeah, my cousin is a manager of a hospital lab and she thinks antibody testing is a joke. The rapid responses have 40 percent accuracy. Worse than a coin flip!

]]> By: grannybunny https://www.evilhrlady.org/2020/06/cdc-guidelines-for-re-opening-your-business.html#comment-223662 Mon, 01 Jun 2020 11:46:08 +0000 https://www.evilhrlady.org/?p=5758#comment-223662 I’m glad they changed their stance on antibody testing. The available tests have unacceptably high error rates; flipping a coin would be just as valid. Furthermore, until we know whether the presence of antibodies indicates some immunity to the disease and/or suggests that the person might still be contagious, what would be the point of such testing, since no reliable conclusions could be drawn from the results?

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