As Congressman Davis gets set to wrap the quarantine period after testing positive for COVID-19 last week, he is calling for an increase in antibody testing.

The Taylorville Republican indicates he was running a fever but that was his only symptom, so proceeded to get tested and returned a positive after two different tests. He is thankful temperature checks were a regular part of his routine or he may have gone undetected.

According to Congressman Davis, it is concerning to him there are likely millions of people walking around with the coronavirus who are asymptomatic and may not have otherwise known they had it. He is calling for more robust antibody testing.

Antibody testing is being done at blood centers and the American Red Cross announced earlier this summer they are doing antibody testing when you donate. Congressman Davis says we need to know how many people have antibodies.

While the focus of investments has been on finding a vaccine, Congressman Davis indicates we can work on both a vaccine and more robust antibody testing at the same time and is calling for such action.