
Affordable, scalable, and accessible | Facts over Fear, Part 2: A high-precision antibody test and promising alternative vaccine for COVID-19
Ahmed Elshaafi
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In part 2 of this special edition episode, Tony – along with his friend Dr. Peter Diamandis, the Harvard Medical School trained M.D. and executive founder of Singularity University – explore the present and future of COVID-19. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If you haven’t heard Part 1, be sure to listen to it, as Dr. Bob Hariri joined the conversation to provide additional context and clarification of the COVID-19 numbers we’re seeing around the clock in the news.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today, Tony and Peter speak with Mei Mei Hu and Lou Reese, Co-CEOs of United Biomedical, a company that is now offering an affordable and accurate diagnostic test for COVID-19 through its subsidiary, COVAXX</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Their antibody test is different from others, as it can detect not only if you</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">currently</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">have the virus, but also it signals if you’ve</span> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">ever had</span></em> <span style="font-weight: 400;">the virus, which is crucial in determining the true rate of mortality associated with COVID-19 – and whether people are immune and therefore able to stop isolating, and go back to work. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Lou and Mei Mei’s team at COVAXX is also working on a breakthrough alternative option to a traditional vaccine for coronavirus, which you’ll hear discussed in the last half of the episode. </span></p> <p> </p>
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Affordable, scalable, and accessible | Facts over Fear, Part 2: A high-precision antibody test and promising alternative vaccine for COVID-19
Ahmed Elshaafi