https://greatgameindia.com/portuguese-court-pcr-tests-unreliable/
Portuguese Court Rules PCR Tests As Unreliable & Unlawful To Quarantine People
November 18, 2020
“” The court stated, the test’s reliability depends on the number of cycles used and the viral load present. Citing Jaafar et al. 2020, the court concludes that
“if someone is tested by PCR as positive when a threshold of 35 cycles or higher is used (as is the rule in most laboratories in Europe and the US), the probability that said person is infected is less than 3%, and the probability that said result is a false positive is 97%.” “”
"If potential recruits were deemed to be physically and mentally fit for enlistment, they were instructed to wear masks at all times and maintain social distancing of at least 6 feet during travel to the quarantine campus."
h/t https://greatgameindia.com/study-military-lockdown-coronavirus/
Here are four actual media headlines about the study that miss the point entirely: CNN: “Many military Covid-19 cases are asymptomatic, studies show” SciTech Daily: “Asymptomatic COVID-19 Transmission Revealed Through Study of 2,000 Marine Recruits” ABC: “Broad study of Marine recruits shows limits of COVID-19 symptom screening” US Navy: “Navy/Marine Corps COVID-19 Study Findings Published in New England Journal of Medicine”
Portugal is freer than the US.