[PDF][PDF] “Immunity passports” in the context of COVID-19: scientific brief, 24 April 2020

World Health Organization - 2020 - apps.who.int
WHO has published guidance on adjusting public health and social measures for the next
phase of the COVID-19 response. 1 Some governments have suggested that the detection …

[HTML][HTML] Immunity certification for COVID-19: ethical considerations

TC Voo, AA Reis, B Thomé, CWL Ho… - Bulletin of the World …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Restrictive measures imposed because of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)
pandemic have resulted in severe social, economic and health effects. Some countries have …

The flawed science of antibody testing for SARS-CoV-2 immunity

J Abbasi - Jama, 2021 - jamanetwork.com
Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, de-velopers designed SARS-CoV-2 antibody tests to
detect whether people had been infected. Some experts thought the blood tests eventually …

How two tests can help contain COVID-19 and revive the economy

D de Walque, J Friedman, R Gatti… - World Bank Research …, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Abstract Faced with COVID-19 (Coronavirus), countries are taking drastic action based on
little information. Two tests can help governments shorten and soften economically costly …

Waiting for certainty on Covid-19 antibody tests—at what cost?

MC Weinstein, KA Freedberg, EP Hyle… - New England Journal …, 2020 - Mass Medical Soc
Waiting for Certainty on Covid-19 Antibody Tests Despite our inability to guarantee the
accuracy of an immunity-certification process, failing to take action to identify people who …

The scientific and ethical feasibility of immunity passports

RCH Brown, D Kelly, D Wilkinson… - The Lancet infectious …, 2021 - thelancet.com
There is much debate about the use of immunity passports in the response to the COVID-19
pandemic. Some have argued that immunity passports are unethical and impractical …

Ethical implementation of immunity passports during the COVID-19 pandemic

TC Voo, H Clapham, CC Tam - The Journal of infectious …, 2020 - academic.oup.com
A number of countries are planning the use of “immunity passports” as a way to ease
restrictive measures and allow infected and recovered people to return to work during the …

The prevalence of antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 among blood donors in China

L Chang, W Hou, L Zhao, Y Zhang, Y Wang… - Nature …, 2021 - nature.com
In this study, we investigate the seroprevalence of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies among blood
donors in the cities of Wuhan, Shenzhen, and Shijiazhuang in China. From January to April …

Prevalence of IgG antibodies to SARS-CoV-2 in Wuhan–implications for the ability to produce long-lasting protective antibodies against SARS-CoV-2

T Liu, S Wu, H Tao, G Zeng, F Zhou, F Guo, X Wang - MedRxiv, 2020 - medrxiv.org
Background It is to be determined whether people infected with SARS-CoV-2 will develop
long-term immunity against SARS-CoV-2 and retain long-lasting protective antibodies after …

[HTML][HTML] Duration of serum neutralizing antibodies for SARS-CoV-2: Lessons from SARS-CoV infection

Q Lin, L Zhu, Z Ni, H Meng, L You - Journal of microbiology …, 2020 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV, now designated as severe acute respiratory
syndrome coronavirus 2, SARS-CoV-2) outbreak has posed a severe threat to public health …