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New (long) thread about PCR test
New (long) thread about PCR test
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
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
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"
https://web.archive.org/web/2015060507
"epidemiologists say, one of the most troubling aspects of the pseudo-epidemic is that all the decisions seemed so sensible at the time"
https://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. https://uncoverdc.com/2020/04/07/was-the-covid-19-test-meant-to-detect-a-virus/
Collection of official (WHO, CDC, FDA, Test manufacturer) statements about PCR test https://freepress.org/article/covid-19-creating-illusion-pandemic-through-diagnostic-tests
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
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
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
