We’re speaking to an expert on Miami’s COVID-19 antibody tests. What are your questions?

Miami-Dade has made national news for partnering with the University of Miami to figure out how many people in the county have been infected by the novel coronavirus. The study is complex and wide-ranging, looking for antibodies by sampling the blood of randomly selected residents. But with some antibody tests coming under scrutiny for accuracy issues, many are left wondering what the study can really tell us and how its results will influence South Florida’s reopening.

To answer those questions and more, we’re hosting a live video chat on Thursday, June 4, at 4:30 p.m. with a Miami Herald healthcare reporter and a local health researcher who knows a thing or two about Miami-Dade County’s coronavirus antibody testing efforts. The video chat will be streamed live to our Facebook and YouTube accounts for everyone to watch.

But first, we want to give our subscribers the exclusive opportunity to throw their own questions into the hat ahead of the Q&A. What do you wonder about coronavirus antibody testing in South Florida? Whatever your query, fill out the form at the bottom of this story and we’ll make sure to pass it along — live — to our expert during the video chat.

Here’s who we have on deck for the Q&A:

• Erin N. Kobetz (Ph.D., M.P.H), Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences, University of Miami

• Ben Conarck, healthcare reporter for the Miami Herald

Can’t see the form? Click here.

This story was originally published June 2, 2020 at 2:28 PM.

Forrest Milburn

Miami Herald

Forrest is the senior audience growth and engagement producer on the audience team, where he cares deeply about building reader loyalty and community engagement. He comes to the Miami Herald from the University of Texas at Austin. He most recently worked on the audience team at The Washington Post; but his Texas roots run deep, interning at papers across the Lonestar State.