Then provide an article that shows isolation and how it was performed, and I will study it. And stop being a dismissive a$$.I am not in this for anything other than definitive answers.
First let me apologize. I mistook your genuine question for snark. I feel terrible. Sometimes not in real time you miss those opportunities
I am genuinely sorry.
The theory of PCR is that is confirms the presence of a specific genome. In this case Covid 19. That’s why it is important as a confirmatory test. It does not confirm live virus. We see all the time late positive tests that mean little except that the dead viral genome is still percolating up from the lower respiratory tract.
Let me give you a real life example. I had a patient who for all the world looked like Covid. Rapid antigen negative (false negative). Ran PCR and it was positive. Therefore I initiated Covid treatment and isolation percautions. Patient did ok. Did not transmit. So there is power in confirmation. PCR tells you yes or no. The clinical picture tells you infective or progressive or not
It’s why medicine is an art still. I have read the article before you refer to. It is correct that PCR is not a screening tool nor should it be. But corona virus gives a very set constellation of symptoms that progresses to SARS. MERS was corona I believe and explains why we could dust of vaccines and move forward quickly.
The point is in medicine you have to test appropriately to arrive at a diagnosis. Most certainly and I think we can all agree to this testing is far overblown. And inappropriate. In my state e ran 140,000’tesra Wednesday. Positivity went way down but the media says we have a surge Becuase the absolute number was 10,000. The media is complicit and ignorant in what is going on.