Major League Baseball Joins The Fight Against Coronavirus In A Big Way
Major League Baseball plans to test up to 10,000 players, employees and their families to detect COVID-19 antibodies. The hope is to see how prevalent the infection rate is in the general population.
We've been hearing about possible plans for re-starting Major League Baseball after its coronavirus shutdown.
Now MLB is joining the fight against the virus in a way that could help society-at-large get going again.
Twenty-seven of the league's 30 teams are taking part in a nationwide study, involving up to 10,000 people who'll be given tests to detect COVID-19 antibodies. Those antibodies appear as part of the immune system's response to the coronavirus. The test results, if positive for antibodies, can show if people were infected, but didn't show symptoms, and, possibly, if they're now immune to the disease.
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