CDC warns employers against depending on antibody tests when allowing workers to return

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advised employers not to rely on antibody tests when determining which employees can return to work.

With many viral diseases, a person who overcomes the illness is immune from getting sick from the same virus in the future. This has many employers thinking that workers who present COVID-19 antibodies can return to work without risk. The CDC, however, recently published a guidance warning employers that the same principle has not proven to be true for the coronavirus.