[Mahler9th]

"To me, the "real" test will be the antibody test. Find out who has HAD the virus and is now immune. The test uses a finger prick and takes 15 minutes.

https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/simple-blood-test-covid-19-antibodies-reopen-economy/story?id=70024837"

For those interested, I posted some links related to antibody testing in the "Corona Virus..no joke?" thread, starting I think at post #3139.

I think it might be good to understand that this type of test is likely not a panacea, and to remember that the gubmint may have its hands full protecting the public from "opportunists" with poor antibody tests and/or test processes. I think that both the UK and the US gubmints have already indicated that some of the tests presented to them by private industry do not have the sensitivity, specificity and/or precision to be used in any meaningful way.

I think such tests may actually be dangerous to public health if used improperly.

And I think any retrospective economic analysis that uses antibody test data will be compromised by the possibility that such tests cannot estimate how long the antibodies have been present in a subjects blood, and so may not be able to provide information about where and how quickly the virus spread.

It is all very complex.