No-Lockdown Uruguay is the blue spot on the red continent below. Positivity Rate is 0,7%; neighboring countries surpass 50%. Plausible?
Uruguay´s success story: They invented their own PCR test. With their own primers, and a Ct value <35. For comparison, CDCs PCR uses Ct <40.
Uruguay´s success story: They invented their own PCR test. With their own primers, and a Ct value <35. For comparison, CDCs PCR uses Ct <40.
We should not compare countries without knowing the "market share" of the test they use. And we have to compare the tests (test-test-reliabilty).
Here is a paper about uruguay´s special response:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Here is a paper about uruguay´s special response:
medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
Sensitivity and Specifity of the different PCR test are not only defined by different Ct values, but also different primers and gene loci make a big difference.
And another issue is contamination...
https://twitter.com/FrankfurtZack/status/1299762933073838082?s=19
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