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US Coronavirus Test Kits Are Flawed And 'Inconclusive', CDC ConfirmsSome of the coronavirus testing kits meant to diagnose the disease faster are flawed and the results, unreliable
CDC made this embarrassing discovery after it shipped the testing kits to all 50 states
States will have to keep relying on CDC for Covid-19 results
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They have never been reliable. Quoting: Aubrey Clare I posted about this last night and it was rather long. I just want to clarify to everyone that a PCR test don't instantly detect the virus (meaning you literally have to have enough viral RNA/DNA in your sample to begin with).
A PCR is an amplification test that looks for a specific strand of RNA or DNA. It will also look for multiple pieces of the stand of an RNA/DNA. It will then "amplify" them by attempting to "grow" them in the testing process.
The results are the "amplified" virus from the original test based on the RNA/DNA stand and/or marker strands.
A test that is positive will identify all markers. An indeterminate test will not identify all markers but it indicates that it identified some of the markers. For example, if there were three markers strands and it positively identified two and partially identified the third... that is not a positive test but an indetermined test.
The point of a PCR in terms of viruses is to identify it after infection but before antibodies are built. Further, there has to be enough of the viral DNA/RNA to amplify it. yet further it will still have a statistical basis when searching for multiple markers. It has to because that is how the test is designed; it is designed to confirm the presence AND it is not designed to rule out the presence of a virus.
Yes, these tests do require special equipment to run that are not readily available in most places.
Though I want to point out something that I believe is very important and very telling.
1. China has not released a live copy of the virus they have only given the structure to synthesize the virus.
2. A few days ago during one of the WHO press briefing, one of the first questions asked was "Is it true that Australia was able to isolate the live virus from a patient." That struck me as odd because it was not important it would not be asked nor asked by the person that asked it. (Which I am pretty positive that it is true)
3. 18 to 24 hours later the CDC says there is an error in the test causing indeterminate results; due to an ingredient in the test.
The point is the base thing needed in a PCR test is to know what you are looking for and if you don't have the right strands of RNA targeted then... you end up with multiple indeterminate tests because you might show 4 of 5 markers highly visible but one marker is only faint... (The RNA/DNA starts to target are one of the five key ingredients in the test... it just seems odd the way the results of the test are analyzed that it comes as indeterminate; since that means it sees something it is looking for but not all of it or not enough of it... both of which are needed to statistically confirm it)
Those points may be something or maybe nothing. I only bring it up because I personally thought it was odd; not that I am saying what happened, because I don't know.
Though given the nature of the test those showing up as indeterminate will likely become positive.
I have tried to simplify the above but you can look up PCR tests online a good place is with HIV. I use HIV as an example because the PCR was invented around the time of the HIV epidemic and it will also show that the same timelines and testing results for HIV are the same as this Corona Virus.
Sorry long. I just think it is pretty important for people to understand how the test works so they don't misunderstand what the test is doing.
Last Edited by JohnnyBravo123 on 02/14/2020 02:02 PMMSM said hold my beer and watch this....
MS America drank the beer and did not watch... and here we are.