SCOOP: Here's something new about that Stanford COVID-19 antibody study.
In an email I obtained, the wife of the professor leading it recruited people by saying an “FDA approved” test (it's not) would show if they could “return to work without fear.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-study-bhattacharya-email
In an email I obtained, the wife of the professor leading it recruited people by saying an “FDA approved” test (it's not) would show if they could “return to work without fear.” https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-study-bhattacharya-email
The preprint only says the study recruited via Facebook. It doesn't mention this email went to a school in a wealthy part of Silicon Valley.
It was sent "without my permission or my knowledge or the permission of the research team," the professor says. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-study-bhattacharya-email
It was sent "without my permission or my knowledge or the permission of the research team," the professor says. https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/stanford-coronavirus-study-bhattacharya-email