The labs have been raking in something like a 100 million a DAY since this started. Might have tapered a little, AND they reduced the recommended # of cycles when the puppet began squatting in the White House.
With the exception of the time surrounding the introduction of a new method or type of equipment, laboratories are for the most part are a commodity. CoVid is a gold rush for medical testing labs, but they are still business’ and should still be treated with the “customer is always right” in YOUR mind. If they get snippy and evasive I’m going all out on them. I’ve been the work/business plug puller on one (analytical lab) myself, (got lied to about turn around time) and I’ve seen a couple others crash and burn from abject crooked stupidity (getting caught determining volatile organic compounds concentration by literally holding them up to the light and guessing).
Life and Liberty are both at stake here, don’t be afraid to be a dick if someone is lying, obfuscating or trying to explain outside of your level of understanding to get rid of you.
More sauce on this subject:
https://www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdisease/covid19/90508
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“Not all tests used today give us this information. Qualitative PCR testing only indicates a simple positive or negative based on the internal cut-off point at which the machine shuts off. Quantitative testing where you actually know the cycle threshold value is becoming more available. Each have their benefits and limitations.”
“The FDA has given lab manufacturers a wide latitude in determining the cycle threshold cut-off number of their qualitative tests to determine positive versus negative. These tests were approved under Emergency Use Authorization and have not been subjected to typical FDA scrutiny. With this in mind, the state of Florida has required all laboratories doing COVID testing to report the cycle threshold numbers used in qualitative and quantitative tests.”
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“So how does a qualitative RT-PCR test work? Basically, the manufacturer sets the test to turn off the cycling or amplification process when a certain number is hit. For a qualitative test set at 40, after 40 amplification cycles, if any viral material is detected, it turns off and is reported as positive. If none is detected, it would be reported as negative. If the number of amplification cycles was really 15 or 25, it would still run until it gets to 40 and be reported as positive.”
“With these type of tests, it’s critical to use an agreed-upon cycle threshold value such as 33 (CDC) or 35 (Dr. Fauci) rather than setting it at a potentially misleading 40 or 45. Many of the current tests in use are preset by the manufacturer to these higher numbers.”
“The World Health Organization issued a notice last week telling the labs “the cut-off should be manually adjusted to ensure that specimens with high Ct values are not incorrectly assigned SARS-CoV-2 detected due to background noise.” Could this be a reason why many people test positive but remain asymptomatic? In that same memo, WHO said all labs should report the cycle threshold value to treating physicians.“
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~Easy