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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