REBOUND: One Henderson facility is testing its employees in a way that could help reopen businesses closed by COVID-19.
SOUTHERN NEVADA.OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL MONTHS...WE ARE ROLLING UP OURSLEEVES...AND GETTING BACK TO BUSINESS...IN A NEW SERIES.13 ACTION NEWS - PRESENTS -"THE REBOUND"WE BEGIN WITH TESTING FOR THECORONAVIRUS.IT WILL BE A CRUCIAL ELEMENT -- IN REOPENING NEVADA - ANDREBOUNDING FROM THIS PANDEMIC.ONE HENDERSON HEALTHCAREMANUFACTURER IS HOPING TO HELP- - WITH A SPECIAL TEST.13 ACTION NEWS REPORTER SEANDELANCEY IS LIVE - TO EXPLAINHOW THEIR MODEL - COULD BE USEDTO GET EVERYONE BACK TO WORK.SEAN?KALYNA - DESIGNS FOR HEALTH ISDOING SOMETHING DIFFERENT FROMMOST.THEY'RE NOT JUST TESTINGEMPLOYEES TO SEE IF THEY'RESICK RIGHT NOW...THEY WILL BE TESTING TO SEE IFWORKERS EVER HAD COVID-19 - ANDARE NOW IMMUNE TO IT.THIS NUTRITION SUPPLIMENTMANUFACTURER IN HENDERSON - -DESIGNS FOR HEALTH - - COULDSOON BE THE MODEL FOR REOPENINGBUSINESSES IN NEVADA....BY TESTING EVERY EMPLOYEE WHOVOLUNTEERS FOR THE CORONAVIRUS- IN A DIFFERENT WAY THAN MOST.ROGER KOEHLER/DESIGNS FORHEALTH PRESIDENT "IT'S 100% ASAFETY PROGRAM." ROGER KOEHLERTHAN THE SWAB TEST MOST PEOPLEKNOW.THE SWAB - LOOKS FOR A CURRENTINFECTION.THE TEST THEY'RE DOING INHENDERSON IS A BLOOD DRAW - ANDCAN DETERMINE IF AN EMPLOYEENEVER GOT THE DISEASE - IS SICKRIGHT NOW - - OR WAS SICK ALONG TIME AGO.KOEHLER "THE FACT THAT WE HADTHIS PARTNERSHIP WITHDIAGNOSTIC SOLUTIONS LAB...IS A MAJOR ADVANTAGE." TONYHOFFMAN RUNS THE LAB.HE SAYS THE BLOOD TEST LOOKSFOR TWO TYPES OF ANTIBODIESYOUR BODY MAKES SPECIFICALLY TOFIGHT THE CORONAVIRUS.I-G-M ANTIBODIES ARE MADE FIRST- - AND I-G-G ANTIBODIES AREMADE LATER.I-G-G - IS THE KEY TO REOPENINGBUSINESS.TONY HOFFMAN/DIAGNOSTICSOLUTIONS LAB PRESIDENT ANDC-E-O "IGG IS THEIMMUNOGLOBULIN THAT CONVEYSLONG TERM POTENTIAL IMMUNITY TOTHE SARS-COVI-2 VIRUS." BYTRACKING I-G-G ANTIBODIES - -CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER DAVIDBRADY SAYS THEY CAN TRACK APERSON'S LONG TERM IMMUNITY TOTHE CORONAVIRUS.DR.DAVID BRADY/DIAGNOSTICSOLUTIONS LAB CHIEF MEDICALEXAMINER "HOW LONG THATIMMUNITY LASTS, WE DON'T KNOW.WE'LL KNOW A LOT BETTER WHENTHIS ALL UNFOLDS." BRADY SAYSPEOPLE WILL BE SAFER WHEN THEPOPULATION REACHES THE POINT OF"HERD IMMUNITY" - - WHICH MEANSENOUGH PEOPLE ARE IMMUNIZEDTHAT IT NATURALLY PROTECTSTHOSE WHO AREN'T FROM COMINGINTO CONTACT WITH THE VIRUS.THE ONLY WAY TO KNOW WE'VEREACHED IT - - IS TO TEST.BRADY "WE'RE DOING IT ON ACOMPANY WIDE BASIS, BUT REALLYIT HAS TO BE DONE ON AMUNICIPALITY, A COUNTY, ASTATE, AND A REGIONAL BASIS.TO REALLY MAKE THE BEST, MOSTREASONABLE INFORMED DECISIONSTO TRY TO GET OUR ECONOMY BACKOPEN, BUT YET DO IT IN A WAYTHAT SAVES LIVES."HOFFMAN SAYS DIAGNOSTICSOLUTIONS LAB HAS BEEN RAMPINGUP STAFFING - AND CAPACITY TODO MORE TESTS JUST LIKE THIS.KOEHLER SAYS THEY'RE NOTPLANNING TO TEST IN HENDERSONMORE THAN ONCE RIGHT NOW - -BUT THE OPTION IS ON THE TABLE.SEAN DELANCEY - - 13 ACTIONNEWS.THE BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA ARETEAMING UP WITH THE SALVATIO
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