Thread by @kishkitsch

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)

https://twitter.com/kishkitsch/status/1279889634827415559?s=20

off-guardian.org/2020/06/27/cov…

Video referring to above article and more from @TLAVagabond

https://twitter.com/MrRobTyson/status/1290369857603731456?s=20

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.

https://twitter.com/CTVNews/status/1288907122818854913?s=20

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

m.koreaherald.com/amp/view.php?u…

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-…

https://twitter.com/HowardSteen4/status/1293524731916943362?s=20

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..

https://twitter.com/AJKayWriter/status/1291843395833348097?s=20

https://twitter.com/tlowdon/status/1299736519184232449?s=20

Sharing a few tweets discussing CT (cycle threshold) values, starting here - infectiousness begins to fall off at a CT of 24.

https://twitter.com/andrewbostom/status/1300058217825927168?s=20

Screenshot from @OPHA_Ontario backing up what @kerpen is saying here 👇

https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1300980369915813894?s=20

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.

https://twitter.com/gummibear737/status/1300828252869664768?s=20

https://twitter.com/KatKarma5/status/1301379742755627008?s=20

https://twitter.com/denisrancourt/status/1302320907399159808?s=20

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.

https://twitter.com/jhaskinscabrera/status/1305270601179856898?s=20

https://twitter.com/kishkitsch/status/1306667492190892034?s=20

https://twitter.com/OnCall4ON/status/1307260022653677568?s=20

"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…