[Bayard]

Worst pandemic in history!

[Sacajaweau]

What they should be testing for is anti-bodies.

[ocrp1982]

It’s actually worse than this.
It was reported today that a woman in Tennessee received a letter in the mail a couple of days ago informing her she has tested POSITIVE for the Wuhan Flu and required her to self isolate for 14 days.
The problem here is, the woman in question is DEAD. And, has been dead for many months now.
So, the gov’t will likely declare her a Wuhan Flu victim since this “mistake” has gone viral.
Remember people, there are Lies. There are Damned Lies. And then, there are Statistics. Never ever trust Gov’t Statistics! Ever, But, especially during an election year.

[dadfly]

as i’ve said from the beginning. trust no vendor test or lab test that isn’t vetted by a top reference lab (like stanford virology), and if you need a test get an rt pcr from the same. don’t bother with antibody or pooled tests unless i guess you are forced to by the gov’t or your job.

these slap-dash, quickie tests from non-reference trained people are generally inaccurate for personal medical and health department decisions. i wouldn’t believe them with out confirmatory tests.

[Basket_of_Deplorables]

Scamdemic

Check out this twittter thread, by a guy who knows what he’s talking about:

https://twitter.com/boriquagato/status/1292085211556184065

[verum ago]

"Dead" Virus Cells Frequently Trigger "False Positives" In Most Common COVID-19 Test, New Study from Oxford University Finds

Viruses are not comprised of cells

That's because new research from the University of Oxford’s Center for Evidence-Based Medicine and the University of the West of England has found that the swab-based technique used for most COVID-19 testing is at risk of returning "false positives" since copies of the virus's RNA detected by the tests might simply be dead, inactive material from a weeks-old infection

PCR is a test for a specific sequence of nucleotides, not for intact virus. Strictly speaking, it’s not a false positive, but a misinterpretation of a positive result as meaning more than it does.

then utilize a "genetic photocopying" technique that allows scientists to magnify the small sample of genetic material collected, which they can then analyze for signs of viral RNA

PCR doesn’t indiscriminately amplify all the DNA/RNA present, leaving the scientists to “analyze for signs of viral RNA.” It amplifies only the viral RNA. It’s a present/not present test.

increasing the risk of this sample contamination

It’s not contamination, the test is working as designed. Again, it’s not a test for viable virions, just for the presence of viral genetic material, which doesn’t imply viable infective particles.

What the researchers here have effectively found is that these PCR tests just aren't sensitive enough to distinguish if the viral material is active and infectious, or dead and inert.

Ugh. The problem is the exact opposite- PCR is too sensitive for use as a test for presence of active infection.

This article raises a very real issue (positive PCR test does not automatically mean active infection), but I just want people here on FR to understand that the author of this article clearly does not understand the issue/technology in question and is giving false explanations. I just want people here to be properly informed.

For anyone wondering why I care /know: until a couple years ago I used to do PCR DNA/ RNA amplification and sequencing for a living.

[zeestephen]

George Floyd, the knee-on-neck guy in Minneapolis, tested positive 8 weeks after his first test.

Just recently, I read that the average number of “cycles” for Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) tests in the USA is 44.

The basic PCR test concept is to multiply the amount of DNA (or COVID RNA) in a sample again and again and again until they can detect it.

[An Appeal to Heaven]

How can we get out from under these “emergency orders” that our governors are still issuing when we are clearly not in an emergency situation?

[yldstrk]

Imagine

[Truthoverpower]

No. They’re lying

[octex]

I read a couple of articles about this on FR about two months ago. This isn’t anything new.

S&F... My comment wasn’t to you, who I appreciate for posting the thread.

[arthurus]

Locally I personally know of three people who signed up for WuHan tests but did not wait the hours in the waiting room and left without. A week later each got a Health Department notice that they had tested positive. At least two people who died in car wrecks over the last two months have Covid-19 as cause of death on their death certificates. All of the numbers are fake. We have no way to know how many people have had the disease and how many have died from it. It is pretty plain that everyone who has died from any cause at all whose body is tested for WuHan active or for antibodies is registered as Covid killed and some who have no positives to either test and for whom no one reported any symptoms. CDC doesn't know any more than we do. CDC receives all those reports and until very recently had tabulated for our edification the fiction that is proffered.