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Half of the positive PCR test results from some labs may actually be false-positives—reference below.
This issue will fuel speculation that authorities on the political left are abusing PCR test flaws to justify lockdowns and to justify mail-in ballots that are easier to manipulate. The added fear in the public from the additional “cases” may make people more accepting of hastily tested vaccines, a potential boon for Big Pharma.
An assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, Michael Mina, explains in a Harvard Magazine article that the PCR test amplifies viral RNA to detectable levels.
However the test can also ”detect tiny fragments of viral RNA even after the patient has recovered.”
“the vast majority of PCR positive tests we currently collect in this country are actually finding people long after they have ceased to be infectious.”
This article at Sky News presents similar information from a study at Oxford. “they found the tests were able to detect traces of the virus’s genetic material for a much longer period than it remains infectious”
There is also the issue of the threshold or amount of detectable viral RNA required to cause a test to be classified as positive.
Dr Mobeen Syed in his recent video about the PCR test controversy expresses great disappointment that the US FDA has not set a standard threshold. The 5 minute segment also provides the basics about PCR tests. It includes statements from the FDA and CDC—spoiler alert, officials kicking the can down the road.
In this 2 minute clip the very admirable Dr Paul Marik, the Chief of Emergency Medicine at E. Virginia Med School hospital, presents and explains a graph of data comparing PCR test results with actual culture test results. The results are strikingly DIFFERENT! There are far more positive PCR tests, especially when the test was done more than 8 days after onset of symptoms.
It is Marik’s view that after day 8 or so the PCR test is most likely picking up debris from dead viruses.
Later in the video, Dr Marik and Dr Syed present a similar graph but with the cycle threshold clearly visible. Notice that there are NO positive culture tests above the threshold of 30, yet many labs use a much higher threshold of 40. This causes many more tests to be classified as positive, possibly false-positive.
In this clip Dr. Chris Martenson describes a study of one lab using the higher threshold of 40. If the lab used a threshold of 35, HALF of the people who were considered positive would have been negative.
In this one minute clip Martenson presents study data suggesting that after 34 cycles it was not possible to cultivate live virus.
This issue will fuel speculation that authorities on the political left are abusing PCR test flaws to justify lockdowns and to justify mail-in ballots that are easier to manipulate. The added fear in the public from the additional “cases” may make people more accepting of hastily tested vaccines, a potential boon for Big Pharma.
An assistant professor of epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, Michael Mina, explains in a Harvard Magazine article that the PCR test amplifies viral RNA to detectable levels.
However the test can also ”detect tiny fragments of viral RNA even after the patient has recovered.”
“the vast majority of PCR positive tests we currently collect in this country are actually finding people long after they have ceased to be infectious.”
This article at Sky News presents similar information from a study at Oxford. “they found the tests were able to detect traces of the virus’s genetic material for a much longer period than it remains infectious”
There is also the issue of the threshold or amount of detectable viral RNA required to cause a test to be classified as positive.
Dr Mobeen Syed in his recent video about the PCR test controversy expresses great disappointment that the US FDA has not set a standard threshold. The 5 minute segment also provides the basics about PCR tests. It includes statements from the FDA and CDC—spoiler alert, officials kicking the can down the road.
In this 2 minute clip the very admirable Dr Paul Marik, the Chief of Emergency Medicine at E. Virginia Med School hospital, presents and explains a graph of data comparing PCR test results with actual culture test results. The results are strikingly DIFFERENT! There are far more positive PCR tests, especially when the test was done more than 8 days after onset of symptoms.
It is Marik’s view that after day 8 or so the PCR test is most likely picking up debris from dead viruses.
Later in the video, Dr Marik and Dr Syed present a similar graph but with the cycle threshold clearly visible. Notice that there are NO positive culture tests above the threshold of 30, yet many labs use a much higher threshold of 40. This causes many more tests to be classified as positive, possibly false-positive.
In this clip Dr. Chris Martenson describes a study of one lab using the higher threshold of 40. If the lab used a threshold of 35, HALF of the people who were considered positive would have been negative.
In this one minute clip Martenson presents study data suggesting that after 34 cycles it was not possible to cultivate live virus.
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