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Originally Posted by Margaret Pilkington
All the emphasis being placed on PCR tests is flawed.
The population believe, and have been encouraged to believe that these tests will determine whether or not you are carrying the virus.
The PCR tests are not specific to the Covid 19 virus and will prove positive in those who have recently had a viral infection of any nature....and this may have been weeks or months ago.
The rise in the number of tests corresponds with the rise in ‘cases’.
Except if a clinician received a positive test, but the patient who had the test had NO symptoms....the clinician would not call that a ‘case’....it is much more likely that he would question the tests validity.
The PCR test is an amplification test so if the amplifications are set high then tests will show a positive result even in a person who is essentially negative of the disease.
It would be helpful if the figures of cases were given reflecting how many of the positive results produced symptoms in those being tested.
But of course that is not on the government agenda...they want a cowed population because it easy to manipulate those who are fearful.
There is always going to be a variant that could keep us under house arrest....and now June 21st is being threatened.
Now, even Stevie Wonder could see that one coming.
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Even accepting your premise about the tests being flawed..
Your point is that the PCR tests show people who are likely to have a virus.
Frankly, it doesn't really matter if its a flu virus, a covid virus or mumps..you should still isolate so that you don't infect anyone else...and as you well know having no symptoms does not preclude you from carrying the virus. As for amplification, surely its best if the bar is set high rather than low (drink/drive/drug tests anyone)
It's logical that the rise in the number of tests will lead to a rise in the number of positives....clinicians have not been in a position to question validity, they have been under extreme pressure in an unprecedented emergency situation with no previous guidance or evidence to work from
I'm no fan of Boris but he is a liberal conservative who is not at all happy about lockdowns and restrictions. I really cannot see a hidden government agenda. I've checked the worldometer coronovirus website regularly and I think our government has, over the past 12 months, been more honest than most