COLUMBUS, Ind. — Jeannine Lee Lake, the Democratic nominee for Indiana’s Sixth Congressional District, has said she has tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies and plans to start donating blood plasma next week to help doctors treat patients who are struggling to survive the virus.
Lake, who is challenging incumbent Rep. Greg Pence, R-IN, in the Nov. 3 general election, said she learned that she had tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies in late June.
However, Lake said she has been getting tested for an active COVID-19 infection every week since the beginning of June before attending any events, and the results have always come back negative.
In June, Lake attended a Juneteenth event at Donner Park that included a silent march in remembrance of George Floyd and other victims of police brutality.
“That’s why I’m so adamant about testing and making sure that people are able to go in if they even have because if they bring it back to grandma or grandpa who get, they may not be as lucky as me,” Lake said. “…I was shocked when my doctor called me and said, ‘You had it.'”
A COVID-19 antibody test, also known as a serology test, aims to detect the presence of antibodies in the blood specific to SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.
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