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MLB employees, including players, are taking part in coronavirus antibodies testing

LOS ANGELES — Of the more than 300 million people who live in the United States, the novel coronavirus has killed more than 25,000. But the researchers trying to unlock the COVID-19 mysteries lack a critical bit of data: How many people have been infected?

Major League Baseball has rolled up its collective sleeves to help. The league has distributed 10,000 blood tests to its players, officials and employees for participation in what researchers are calling the first large-scale national antibody study.

The Cardinals are one of the teams who enlisted voluntary participants from various departments in their organization for the study and have already responded by delivering test kits and contributing samples, an official with the team confirmed.