Did you say cases?
New (long) thread about PCR test
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From Beda Stadler's article, linked in this thread. (former director of Institute for Immunology University of Bern)
Video referring to above article and more from @TLAVagabond
From Carl Heneghan, prof of evidence-based medicine at University of Oxford and director of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine
Ontario’s deputy Medical Officer of Health admitting (when its convenient) that tests can deliver up to 50% positives.
Faith in quick tests leads to epidemic that wasn't.
"epidemiologists say, one of the most troubling aspects of the pseudo-epidemic is that all the decisions seemed so sensible at the time"
web.archive.org/web/2015060507
Very interesting read about Kary Mullis, inventor of PCR test. Read to the end where they describe how the test is not binary, it depends on arbitrary # of cycles.
uncoverdc.com/2020/04/07/was…
Collection of official (WHO, CDC, FDA, Test manufacturer) statements about PCR test
freepress.org/article/covid-…
Pertains to the US, but seems relevant to this thread.
Even with a negative test, as per CDC guidelines, drs can still diagnose covid-19.
Sounds about right..
Sharing a few tweets discussing CT (cycle threshold) values, starting here - infectiousness begins to fall off at a CT of 24.
Screenshot from @OPHA_Ontario backing up what @kerpen is saying here 👇
Finally, a deep dive explaining CT values. Hugely important to understand our current #casedemic and give context to covid deaths counted as "died with" a positive test.
PCR cycle threshold explanation.
The US is using 40. Ontario is using 38 (which is then an indeterminate result to be checked with a *more* sensitive assay.
"The test cannot distinguish between a living virus and a short strand of RNA from a virus which broke into pieces weeks or months ago."
lockdownsceptics.org/lies-damned-li…
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