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07/21/2021: Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing ("to facilitate differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza virus")
CDC ^ | July 21,2021 | CDC

Posted on 07/24/2021 12:18:30 PM PDT by NoLibZone

Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing

Level: Laboratory Alert

After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing this advance notice for clinical laboratories to have adequate time to select and implement one of the many FDA-authorized alternatives.

Visit the FDA website for a list of authorized COVID-19 diagnostic methods. For a summary of the performance of FDA-authorized molecular methods with an FDA reference panel, visit this page.

In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.


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DC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses
1 posted on 07/24/2021 12:18:30 PM PDT by NoLibZone
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To: NoLibZone

Already being hidden.

You now have to see the cahced version:

https://cc.bingj.com/cache.aspx?q=https%3a%2f%2fwww.cdc.gov%2fcsels%2fdls%2flocs%2f2021%2f07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html&d=125958756976&mkt=en-US&setlang=en-US&w=zr34kqu5k3rSuqJkW7L7utSWMIj7vtsE


2 posted on 07/24/2021 12:22:44 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: NoLibZone

Use a free world search engine to see the CDC article:

DuckDuckGo can find it.


3 posted on 07/24/2021 12:25:13 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: NoLibZone

They are not discontinuing RT-PCR testing. They are discontinuing the original Assay Kit distributed from the CDC. There are litterally dozens RT-PCR Assay kits. CDC is specifically recommending labs transition to Multi-analyte Respiratory Panel Tests, so they can test for multiple illnesses in one test. OMG, so evil! As always, the OP is just misinformation.

FDA Link with 11 pages of tests with EUA’s

https://www.fda.gov/medical-devices/coronavirus-disease-2019-covid-19-emergency-use-authorizations-medical-devices/in-vitro-diagnostics-euas-molecular-diagnostic-tests-sars-cov-2#individual-molecular


4 posted on 07/24/2021 12:28:42 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: NoLibZone

The snarky way they write it it amounts to an admission of how the most frequently used PCR test is not accurate enough in differentiating SarscCov-19 from SarsCov, without actually saying that.


5 posted on 07/24/2021 12:30:53 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: NoLibZone

So does that mean that some Covid 19 deaths could have been FLU deaths wrongly identified?


6 posted on 07/24/2021 12:34:34 PM PDT by maxwellsmart_agent
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To: maxwellsmart_agent

It means two things. One the tests cannot distinguish between Covid and the flu.
The other is that they are pushing to use the new gates/Soros corporation tests


7 posted on 07/24/2021 12:35:34 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: ETCM

do you know what tests they are using to determine variants, and/or have any information on how how they are getting their variant statistics ?

I cannot seem to find anything.

missing data and rectally excreted and repeated statistics always smell funny to me.


8 posted on 07/24/2021 12:36:14 PM PDT by algore ( )
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To: ETCM

“CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.”


9 posted on 07/24/2021 12:37:24 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: NoLibZone

Like I’ve said from the beginning, they don’t even have an accurate test for the virus, so why would I bother to get the vaccine?


10 posted on 07/24/2021 12:39:24 PM PDT by mass55th ("Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." ~~ John Wayne )
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To: NoLibZone

No, it’s the opposite of that.

They now have tests that can simultaneously test for both Covid and the flu. Earlier ones were only for Covid. For those you would have to do a second test if you wanted to see if it was the flu.


11 posted on 07/24/2021 12:43:29 PM PDT by Renfrew
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To: NoLibZone

Yes, but the multiplex method is still PCR. Specifically, they seem to be recommending the newly approved BioFire Respiratory Panel 2.1, that identifies 19 respiratory targets, including SARS-CoV-2, in one multiplex PCR test.

On March 17, 2021, FDA granted the first marketing authorization using the De Novo review pathway for the BioFire Respiratory Panel 2.1 (RP2.1) (PDF - 630 KB). The BioFire RP2.1 is for the simultaneous qualitative detection and identification of multiple respiratory viral and bacterial nucleic acids in nasopharyngeal swabs (NPS) obtained from individuals suspected of respiratory tract infections, including COVID-19.


12 posted on 07/24/2021 12:52:05 PM PDT by ETCM
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To: NoLibZone

It’s too late for all of this.
There is absolutely NOTHING this govt, the CDC, the WHO etc. can do to regain their credibility back with the People. They blew their wad and ain’t gettin’ back.
They have NO IDEA of the powder keg that they’re actually sitting on while playing with matches.


13 posted on 07/24/2021 1:01:12 PM PDT by lgjhn23 (Pray for America....)
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To: NoLibZone

So this test they’ve been using since Feb. 2020 is incapable of distinguishing between the Wuhan Virus and the Influenza Virus? And, the incidence of Influenza Virus has plummeted to the lowest on record?
Hmmm. Seems to me we have a real issue here. If we take the official Gov’t stats on the Wuhan “Pandemic” and subtract from that the historical Influenza Infection rate, we have NO PANDEMIC AT ALL.


14 posted on 07/24/2021 1:02:15 PM PDT by ocrp1982 ( Bibicly)
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CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.”

This explains why influenza has plummeted to the lowest level in human history


15 posted on 07/24/2021 1:30:33 PM PDT by NoLibZone (precedent now set: everyone must get an annual flu shot and divulge HIV status & its treatment)
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To: NoLibZone

SO THE REASON THERE WAS NO FLU WAS BECAUSE IT WAS ALL LABELED AS COVID-19??????


16 posted on 07/24/2021 1:34:01 PM PDT by NonValueAdded (Claiming Racism, the antidote to personal responsibility)
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To: NoLibZone

They need to change the test. Too many vaccinated people are testing positive.


17 posted on 07/24/2021 2:28:01 PM PDT by Triple (Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
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To: NoLibZone

George Soros And Bill Gates’ Backed Consortium To Buy U.K. Maker Of Covid Tests For $41 Million (forbes.com)

18 posted on 07/24/2021 2:33:13 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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To: NoLibZone
Twitter

"They can differentiate. What the cdc is recommending is combining covid and flu tests in a panel that is ordered together, something many places have been doing for a while. PCR is very specific in differentiating between viruses." ~ Mom MD



19 posted on 07/24/2021 2:33:37 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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20 posted on 07/24/2021 2:36:10 PM PDT by ransomnote (IN GOD WE TRUST)
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