Offering antibody tests on demand to consumers on its website for 119 plus a 10 service fee. In marketing emails like this one, the Company Calls the test an immune response blood test, and says, understanding this gives you insight on whether its right to return to work, school and activity. Do you agree with that statement . I dont agree with that statement. Reporter hes Michael Osterholm who heads the university of Minnesota Infectious Disease Research and policy. Many of the individuals who end up being test positive are going to be false positive, meaning that they dont really have the antibody. Even if you do have it, we dont know what it means yet. And so i think its very premature to market these tests like this, and i think that its almost preying on the vulnerability of the public today. Reporter preying on them, you say, because i did, yeah, i think selling antibody tests to the general epter butuest dnt is wrong. S agrees. Uses are clinically validated and appropriate. So h
George floyd. A Minneapolis Police officer pressed his knee into the unarmed African American mans neck for more than seven minutes monday as floyd pleaded for help and said he couldnt breathe. Frustation over the lack of charges against the officers turned into anger overnight, as protesters looted stores and set buildings on fire. Police responded with tear gas and rubber bullets. Hose riots continued today, spilling into st. Paul, where crowds ransacked shops and smashed windows. Late today, the state capital was evacuated. And it all comes as minnesota and the rest of the country are facing th dual toll of rising jobless claims and cases of coronavirus. Today, we learned another 2. 1 million americans filed for Unemployment Benefits in the last week, and as we come on the air tonight, more than 101,000 people have been killed by coronavirus in the u. S. There are now more than 1. 7 million confirmed cases nationwide. So theres a lot of news to get to tonight. Were going to begin wi