Posted on 08/01/2021 3:46:00 PM PDT by Enlightened1
They already posted excuses for her in another thread. They have the governments back 24/7
According the CDC,
To tell which variant might might be present in a specimen, scientists must perform whole genome sequencing (WGS) on that specimen. At this time, WGS is available for surveillance purposes only, not for individual diagnostic purposes.
Whole genome sequencing (WGS) described by CDC does not establish the genome sequence of the "delta variant" is novel from COVID-19.
There is no evidence that the delta variant is somehow distinct from anything else on GISAID. The fact that we are now looking for a thing/variant doesn’t mean that it is a thing/variant because we are looking at fragments of a strand of genetic material and the fact is that we can choose any fragment in the genome sequence and call it a thing/variant.
For example, I could come up with "omega variant" tomorrow and I could say I’m looking for this sub-strand of either DNA or mRNA, or even a protein, and I could run around the world saying “fear the omega variant.”
The problem is because of the nature of the way in which we currently sequence genomes, which is actually a compositing process – it’s what we can call in mathematics an interleaving – we don’t have any point of reference to actually to know whether or not the thing we’re looking at is in fact distinct from either clinical or even genomic sense.
And so we’re trapped in a world where unfortunately if you go and look at the papers that isolated the delta variant and actually asked the question is the delta variant anything other than a selection of a sequence in a systematic shift of an already disclosed other sequence, the answer is it’s just an alteration and when you start and stop what you call the reading frame. There is no evidence of any novel anything.
“Thermo Fisher’s New Rapid Genotyping Solution
Dr. Gandhi then described how Thermo Fisher’s new TaqMan SARS-CoV-2 Mutation Panel* offers a broadly deployable solution for rapid detection of known variants. ‘We certainly have a lot of different tools in our toolbox,’ said Dr. Gandhi. While next-generation sequencing (NGS) and Sanger sequencing are also available for variant surveillance, the mutation panel offers a quick option to look for specific mutations and variants of concern. “We have about 22 verified assays already and we are constantly building on this menu,” said Dr. Gandhi. He continued, ‘this uses the same real-time PCR instrument that is used for TaqPath assays and you can run one or a few hundred samples, depending on the type of format or the setup that you have.’”
..... Of course after the so called Delta Variant will come the Lamnda Variant ..... Now I’m beginning to hear talk about an Omega Variant which is supposedly supposed to be some kind of Doomsday Variant ..... Sheesh .... Good times ahead ....
Imagine 90,000 tests done locally within a region.
Imagine 8,000 Covid positive locally.
Imagine one out of each 100 (80 total) sent off to Big City Special Testing Lab for variant testing and 60 reports come back delta variant positive.
Divide 60 by 80 to get .75 for a 75% calculated delta variant prevalence.
Science has always needed a few free miracles!
can any one link to a site where I can obtain tests capable of detecting the Delta variant?
Anyone?
Anyone at all?
Let’s be reasonable.
In a normal country, the President, and certainly his press flack, would not know and would not be expected to know the answer.
People fled the cities. Of course there are fewer deaths. Death counts national right now 420ish/day. Last October 300ish. Within 45 days of Oct 2500 enroute to 4000+, and then sharply down again before vaccines were in mass consumption.
If you want to see how it works, have a look at Cyprus. Small place. Peak after peak after peak. They probably thought they were safe during a trough, too.
No offense to you personally, but your statement seems a silly rationalization to justify what you believe.
It is similar to the "Dr." on FR who told me we were not seeing cases of the flu because "so many people had mask on."
Then we found out the test for covid couldn't distinguish between covid and flu...
“The experts,” “scholars,” “scientists,” etc. These are make believe characters used to justify an agenda and lampoon anyone who dares to question the agenda with ridicule.
Some dumbass bug in twit’s software might require you to refresh the page after clicking the link. Depends on the browser.
I’ve had the same thing happen to me. I don’t twit (and could care less), so I never isolated the cause as being browser specific, related to cache or logon, etc.
OMG! You mean the legendary Vindmann crystals??
It just didn’t hit right the first time, and would not refresh and display it while I was there. Closing it and going back again worked. :)
The White House cant explain their way out of a paper bag without either calling a lid day, saying they will circle back to that one, having Biden yell insults at you, or asking why you need that information.
“gas_bag”
Oh... I see what it was. The top corner “Source” link works for me, the bottom link the the OP article doesn’t.
They toss chicken bones. Three of them cross, you got the Delta.
They are using green tea leaves for Lamda. Must be green tea.
Okay.
Put the experts before the press and let THEM answer the questions.
This flack is obviously no expert. The technology in use for distinguishing the different strains have been around for a long time.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/variant-info.html
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/variants/cdc-role-surveillance.html
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