Posted on 07/26/2021 8:25:43 AM PDT by RicocheT
Stupidity on stilts.
The CDC is withdrawing an early test assay because it's limited to Covid only and there are now so many other approved options available.
It's amazing that publications like National File have so little respect for their readers that they would put out something so deceptive.
Look at the bright side, apparently they cured the flu.... /sarc
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“..you oppress the just, you take a bribe.....
Therefore the prudent shall keep silence in that time; for it is an evil time. Amos 5:12b,13
Nope...nothing to see here.
They can dictate how many positive results vs negative there are and what the public will be spoon-fed. Unfortunately many will trust their results.
The part about you still have to get one.
this part is false : “you still have to get one to do some things.”
Other things you said may be false as well.
What could possibly be wrong with this?!?
“seemed to tacitly admit that the tests are unable to differentiate between COVID-19 and influenza viruses.”
HMMMMMMMM! NOW they tell us?
Maybe this is why the annual flu mysteriously DISAPPEARED.
We are sooooooooooo screwed. We can believe NOTHING from governments, prestigious institutions, academia, physicians, news media, etc..
You pays your money and you takes your chances.
I re-read the Constitution the other day and realized that whatever the hell we have now is not even close. I guess the oath I gave 55 years ago in the service is out the window.
No offense intended and I don’t come to FR for pissing contests because everyone is entitled to their own opinion, but I stated the following and I will elaborate further below.
Masking did not work. Masks do not prevent transmission of this virus. The research prior to Covid said that. The research since either says that directly or gives masking a very minimal effect that is possibly outweighed by the negative consequences of masks.
Social distancing (of 6’) does not work. There was no scientific research or “science” that showed any effectiveness that is measurable at 6’. This arbitrary number is why schools were closed and every store we go into has stickers all over the floor.
Testing did not work. It was never fully deployed and they were hard to get last summer nor is it very accurate. People exposed to someone else may or may not have had it, but they were not allowed to resume life for two weeks or until they got a test. I was “quarantined” 3 times. This caused lots of problems despite being touted as essential to “stop the spread.” We know that not everyone who is exposed contracts the virus. I know that firsthand.
While we are on the subject let us look at contact tracing. Whatever happened to that? Nothing. It did nothing. Most of the public refused to participate and the databases implemented by state or local government were worthless.
The safest thing to stop the virus was for those most vulnerable to stay at home or focus monitoring on those around the elderly in homes. That would have worked better. Sadly, instead of identifying and protecting those people they adopted another one-size fits all approach that did not work either and it damaged our economy (and mental health).
They said we needed herd immunity. They said we needed universal vaccines. That was a year ago. Now we have neither apparently and we are already on to the variants that vaccinated people are testing positive for.
Those who said the “virus was gonna virus” were correct now that we have the advantage of hindsight.
Government arbitrarily chose actions that in hindsight did little to nothing to stop this virus. However, those arbitrary decisions that they told us were based on “science” had massive repercussions throughout our society and even the world.
The only specific you stated was false was “you still have to get one to do some things.”
Have you tried to fly internationally lately? You have to be tested within 24 hours. No test. No flight.
I heard that the person who invented the PCR test , maintained that the test had to be done under laboratory conditions, by a fully trained user .
It was never designed for mass testing, as few people could use it or have the right conditions. Plus if run at too high a level, it will always produce a positive result, but from elements that might be decades old.
you are correct, this press release is being reported out of context. The new tests will ALSO test for the flu, as if someone feels they have symptoms the CDC wants to know WHAT the symptoms reflect, Covid or the flu. Their prior test ONLY tested for Covid.
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