The missing flu riddle: 'Influenza has been renamed COVID,' maverick epidemiologist says

Just the News ^ | January 1, 2021 | Daniel Payne

[Mom MD]

I love it. even better if Fauci sounds suspiciously like falsey....

[impimp]

Flubros have been right since day 1.

[MarMema]

Yes. Thank you.

[Jim Noble]

We test all suspect cases for flu A/B, RSV, and SARS CoV 2 at the same time.

We have had one positive flu PCR and 500 SARS CoV 2 positives.

[Ozark Tom]

Try testing fruit and soft drinks for a “COVID positive?” Crank the PCR amplification cycles up too much, and anything tested returns a positive.

[stylin19a]

been mostly lurking @ flubros ...
Just thought you’d like a heads up...that some got to your\our conclusion a year late.

[Svartalfiar]

And if influenza patients can generate a positive WuFlu test result on any of the WuFlu tests?

The only test that can really mix them up is the symptoms-only diagnosis - oh, you have fever and a cough? Must be ChinaVirus! Cha-ching!

A PCR test will help find both, but the results can't be mixed up - the test boosts all the DNA in the sample, then you can simply look for the presence of DNA specific to the virus/bacteria you want. A PCR test is supposed to be used to diagnose a sick person, to determine what they have. Using it willy-nilly, and repeating the cycles nonstop, will result in a tiny presence of a virus in your nose (where your immune's first defenses, mucus, already stopped it) being magnified into being infected. A PCR isn't designed to confirm if you're sick with a particular something, it's used to ID which thing you're sick with.

[The Westerner]

Interesting. Someone mentioned that it's possible that flu enters the US from the Southern Hemisphere and this year it's not arriving as winter approaches. Anecdotally, my grandschild stopped going to school. He has been the vector for colds and flu. None of us have had either since March. Hygiene, that's the silver lining plus pre-school and day cares refusing attendance to kids with symptoms. I hope we never return to working moms dumping kids at school! And cashiers wiping their noses in front of you!!!