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“Good Morning America” co-host George Stephanopoulos got a COVID-19 test for antibodies just days after he announced he tested positive for the virus. “Good news for me and my family. Last week I tested positive for Covid antibodies, confirming I cleared the virus after weeks without symptoms,” the 59-year-old ABC news anchor said in a …
“Good Morning America” co-host George Stephanopoulos got a COVID-19 test for antibodies just days after he announced he tested positive for the virus.
“Good news for me and my family. Last week I tested positive for Covid antibodies, confirming I cleared the virus after weeks without symptoms,” the 59-year-old ABC news anchor said in a tweet early Tuesday. “I’ve also signed up for a clinical trial to donate my blood plasma and expect to make the donation in the coming weeks.”
Stephanopoulos, 59, announced April 13 that he had tested positive for coronavirus — having been tested at an urgent care clinic in the Hamptons on the 11th or 12th of April, according to a “GMA” insider — so according to his statement, he underwent an antibody test the same week.
This past Monday, April 20 — a week after his positive diagnosis — he outraged his neighbors in East Hampton after he was spotted walking the streets with his mask pulled down, talking on his phone.
But the source said Stephanopoulos took a stroll on a deserted street and would have put on his mask if he had encountered other people. The source added that despite his positive COVID-19 test, he had been asymptomatic for weeks.
A spokesperson for Stephanopoulos and “GMA” declined to comment about what type of antibody test he underwent, or the timing of the test.
This comes as medical experts have raised warnings about flawed antibody tests that have not received FDA approval but have come to the market. The FDA has allowed more than 90 companies to bring tests to the market without federal approval, citing the urgency of the pandemic, according to the New York Times.
Some of the tests being used around the country have mistakenly shown the presence of antibodies in a person when they don’t exist.
Plus, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on “GMA” Tuesday, “There is an assumption — a reasonable assumption, that when you have an antibody that you are protected against infection. But that has not been proven for this particular virus.”
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced New York will start random antibody testing this week.
