UNFORTUNATELY MANY PEOPLE HAVE NOT ONLY LOST EMPLOYMENT BUT ALSO THEIR HEALTH INSURANCE
DURING THIS PANDEMIC.
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION IS
PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY
AND BUSINESSES TO OFFER NO
COST.
CAUVIN 19 ANTIBODY TESTS GUARDA
HEART FOUNDATION'S DR DOUGLAS
HERRINGTON JOINS US NOW.
THANKS FOR BEING HERE DOCTOR.
REALLY APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.
IT'S A PLEASURE.
TELL US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT
GUARDA HEART.
WHY?
WHY IS GUARDA HEART FOUNDATION
PARTNERING WITH THE COMMUNITY
TO PROVIDE THESE NO COSTS?
CAUVIN 19 ANTIBODY TESTS.
>> WE'LL GO TO HEARD'S FINAL
AND SEE THREE.
IT'S BEEN AROUND FOR 10 YEARS
AND THEIR FOCUS IS ON
PREVENTION AND THEY'RE THEIR
FOCUS FOR MANY YEARS WAS
CARDIAC DISEASE, DIABETES AND
CANCER.
AND WHEN KOBE HIT WHAT WE FOUND
IS THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE
NOT GETTING ACCESS TO TESTING
OR ADVICE ON HOW TO DEAL WITH
IT.
AND SO THEY TOOK IT UPON
THEMSELVES AND ACTUALLY WERE
APPROACHED BY SOME OF THE
COMMUNITIES TO SEE IF WE WOULD
BE WILLING TO GO INTO VARIOUS
AREAS WHERE THERE WAS LOW
ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE AND OUR
FIRST FORAY WAS INTO CRANSHAW
BALDWIN HILLS.
WE DID OVER TWO THOUSAND PEOPLE
THERE AND JUST KIND OF FROM
THERE.
OTHER COMMUNITIES HEARD ABOUT
IT AND THEY'D BEEN APPROACHING
US AND WE HAVE A TEAM OF VERY
EXPERIENCED PEOPLE ALL
VOLUNTEER.
A HUNDRED PERCENT OF DONATIONS
TO HEART GO BACK TO THE
COMMUNITY.
VERY DEDICATED PEOPLE AND WE'VE
DONE TENS OF THOUSANDS OF
PATIENTS NOW AND ARE
COOPERATING WITH THE HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE AND
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND LOS
ANGELES AND OTHER CITIES.
>> THAT'S GREAT.
SO WITH THE VACCINE HERE IN SAN
DIEGO COUNTY, HOW ARE THE
CAUVIN 19 ANTIBODY TESTING?
IS THIS STILL IMPORTANT TO ME?
AND IF SO, EXPLAIN WHY IT'S SO
IMPORTANT.
>> SO ONE OF THE ISSUES WITH
VACCINES IS YOU WANT TO KNOW IF
THEY WORKED RIGHT.
AND THESE VACCINES STIMULATE AN
IMMUNE RESPONSE WHICH CAN BE
MEASURED WITH THE ANTIBODY
TEST.
SO MY MY ESTIMATE IS THAT IT
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT JUST TO DETERMINE YOU
.
WE'RE LOOKING TO GET TOWARDS
SOMETHING CALLED HERD IMMUNITY
AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS WE'LL
HAVE TO DOCUMENT AND AND
DETERMINE WHICH AREAS HAVE KIND
OF GOTTEN CLOSE TO THAT.
SO I THINK THE ANTIBODY TESTS
WILL CONTINUE TO BE VERY
IMPORTANT ALSO.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT YOU
HAVE HEARD ABOUT IN THE
NEWS THAT WERE SYMPTOMATIC HAVE
GOTTEN WHAT'S CALLED A SWAB
TEST.
THE SWAB TEST DETECTS THE VIRUS
THROUGH MEASURING ITS GENETIC
MATERIAL BUT IT TURNS OUT THAT
SINCE THAT'S PRIMARILY FOR
SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE, THE
MAJORITY OF PEOPLE WHO GET IT
DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS AND THE
ANTIBODY TEST GIVES OUR HEALTH
DEPARTMENTS A BETTER HANDLE ON
WHAT THE TRUE PREVALENCE OF THE
INFECTION IS.
AND THAT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT.
IT ALSO ALLOWS US TO DETERMINE
AREAS WHERE YOU SEE A HIGH
ANTIBODY RATE AND WE KNOW THAT
THAT'S AN AREA WHERE WE NEED TO
INTERVENE AND MAYBE DO SOME
EDUCATION AND COUNSELING.
>> SO WHAT DOES THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN THE KOVA 19 SWAB TESTS
VERSUS THE ANTIBODY TESTS?
WHAT ARE SOME OF THE
DIFFERENCES THERE?
>> YEAH, THE SWAB TEST IS
DETECTING THE VIRUS DIRECTLY.
AND DURING THE FIRST FOUR DAYS
OF INFECTION IT HAS A VERY HIGH
FALSE NEGATIVE RATE.
IT'S CLOSE TO 60 70 PERCENT AND
THE ANTIBODY TEST IS DETECTING
YOUR BODY'S IMMUNE RESPONSE TO
THE VIRUS.
AND IT HAS 100 PERCENT
SENSITIVE AND IT'S ABOUT NINETY
NINE POINT SIX PERCENT
SPECIFIC.
SO IT'S VERY GOOD AND IT'S NOT
FOR SYMPTOMATIC PEOPLE.
IT'S ONLY FOR PEOPLE WHO THINK
THEY MAY HAVE BEEN EXPOSED IN
THE PAST OR AT LEAST TWO WEEKS
PRIOR MAY HAVE HEARTS AND
SYMPTOMS BUT NOT FOR ACUTE
DIAGNOSIS.
SO THE SWAB TEST THEY EACH HAVE
THEIR UTILITY, THEY EACH HAVE
THEIR LIMITATIONS BUT ALL IN
ALL COMBINING THEM IS A GOOD
THING.
>> AND WHY WOULDN'T KNOWING IF
YOU HAD IT TO BE BENEFICIAL TO
PATIENTS?
>> WELL, THE INTERESTING THING
IS THAT MOST OF THE RECENT
STUDIES ARE INDICATING THAT THE
IMMUNITY THAT YOU DEVELOP IS IS
DURABLE MEANING IT LASTS AND
NUMBER TWO, IF YOU DO HAVE
ANTIBODIES, THE LIKELIHOOD YOU
INFECTING SOMEBODY ELSE IS
EXTREMELY LOW BECAUSE THE VIRAL
SHEDDING DROPS TO VERY LOW
LEVELS IN PEOPLE WHO HAVE
ANTIBODIES EVEN JUST THE
EARLIEST PHASE OF IT.
SO IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO KNOW
THAT.
AND IT ALSO GIVES US A HANDLE
ON WHO NEEDS THE VACCINE FIRST.
IF YOU'VE ALREADY GOT ANTIBODY
,YOU KNOW WE'RE GOING TO
PRIORITIZE THE VACCINE FOR
PEOPLE WHO ARE NEGATIVE.
SO IT'S VERY HELPFUL IN
MULTIPLE WAYS.
>> LAST QUESTION IS WHAT
HAPPENS IF SOMEONE TESTS
POSITIVE FOR THE CAUVIN 19
ANTIBODIES?
I MEAN SHOULD THEY BE
QUARANTINED OR ARE THEY PRETTY
MUCH DEEMED SAFE AT THAT POINT?
>> YOU KNOW, THE THE WHAT WE
RECOMMEND IS IF YOU'RE RIGHT,
THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT
ANTIBODIES THAT APPEAR AGM AND
IJI AND TYPICALLY AGM THE FIRST
ONE IT'S NOT A SPECIFIC IF YOU
ONLY HAVE A GM REBACK RECOMMEND
THAT YOU SELF QUARANTINE FOR
SEVEN TO 10 DAYS EVEN IF YOU
HAVE NO SYMPTOMS.
IT'S IT'S ULTRA CAUTIOUS.
IT'S VERY CONSERVATIVE.
BUT IF YOU HAVE BOTH.
YOU'VE HAD THE VIRUS YOU KNOW
AT LEAST A WEEK OR TWO EARLIER
AND THERE'S REALLY NO NEED TO
QUARANTINE AT THAT POINT.
BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT YOU
DON'T CONTINUE TO USE
PRECAUTIONS, ET CETERA.
FACE MASKS, HAND WASHING, THAT
SORT OF THING AT WORK AND
PEOPLE ARE MORE OF OUR GUARD
ART GO TO W W W DOT GUARD HEART
.
>> THAT'S G.U. A R D A H A R T
DOT ORG.
IT'S ALL ONE WORD.
AND AND THERE'S A LOT OF
INFORMATION THERE AND YOU CAN
SIGN UP.
WE DO HAVE EVENTS IN JANUARY IN
SANTA MONICA, WHITTIER IN
PASADENA.
OK.
PASADENA. OK. AND WE'RE VERY HAPPY TO PARTNER
WITH ANYBODY IN YOUR
JURISDICTION IN SAN DIEGO
COUNTY.
THAT AREA THEY JUST CONTACT THE
SHERIFFS.
>> I WANT TO LISTEN RIGHT NOW
HEAD TO THAT