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Some time ago i listened to a respected Argentina scientist (that lives and works in France) saying something: “we can’t confirm nor deny anything about COVID,

Some time ago i listened to a respected Argentina scientist (that lives and works in France) saying something: “we can’t confirm nor deny anything about COVID, given the poor quality of scientific procedure we follow in testing” He was complaining of lack of scientific rigorousity with testing (at least in France) and he compared it to the “behind the scenes” of a restaurant’s kitchen. For example, he was saying that the “informal” rate of contamination of tests were off the charts, but surprisingly, nobody was doing a thorough, official contamination analysis. What I’m saying with all this is that: your friend thinks she had COVID twice. Or even, her doctor thinks so. But it’s hard to trust anything with our given situation. PS: I’m not saying she didn’t have it twice. It might be possible. It just sucks how bad we’ve been at science these past 2 years and how easily we’ve been overwhelmed by “operative” tasks. Edit: his name is Pablo Goldschmidt[0] and he works in France (not in the UK as I originally stated). Here's the interview (in spanish, also WARNING, the site sucks and is full of ads): https://marcelolongobardi.cienradios.com/pablo-goldschmidt-las-vacunas-pueden-ser-muy-buenas-pero-la-comunidad-debe-saber-que-hay-en-cada-frasco/ https://marcelolongobardi.cienradios.com/pablo-goldschmidt-l... [0] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo-Goldschmidt https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pablo-Goldschmidt

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago
This is also why you never want your DNA to end up where it can be used for false accusations against you. Lab work isn't trustworthy against mistakes.
- ulfw 5y ago
  Paranoid a bit much?
  - ithkuil 5y ago
    Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you!
laurent92 5y ago
Elon Musk got himself tested 4 times the same day in 2020. 2 positive 2 negative.
- vinay427 5y ago
  That's not surprising or particularly notable for a rapid antigen test, which is why they're not used as a full replacement for a PCR test in most countries. The BD rapid test he used seems to be one which a paper [1] indicates has a lower positive percent agreement than a PCR test. Rapid tests in general, compared directly to PCR, seem to do even worse with one paper [2] finding a symptomatic sensitivity of 72% and an asymptomatic sensitivity of 58%. [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33023911/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33023911/ [2]: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2/full https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD...
- runamok 5y ago
  And a reminder that he did in fact have covid. A funny tweet that explains the trade offs of that kind of test: https://www.newsweek.com/space-karen-response-elon-musk-viral-1547695 https://www.newsweek.com/space-karen-response-elon-musk-vira...
- flemhans 5y ago
  I was Day 0: Antigen positive Day 1: PCR positive Day 8: Antigen positive Day 9: Antigen negative Day 10: Antigen positive Day 10: PCR negative Day 11: Antigen negative Then 10+ negatives after

kevin_thibedeau 5y ago

This is also why you never want your DNA to end up where it can be used for false accusations against you. Lab work isn't trustworthy against mistakes.

ulfw 5y ago
Paranoid a bit much?
- ithkuil 5y ago
  Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you!

laurent92 5y ago

Elon Musk got himself tested 4 times the same day in 2020. 2 positive 2 negative.

vinay427 5y ago
That's not surprising or particularly notable for a rapid antigen test, which is why they're not used as a full replacement for a PCR test in most countries. The BD rapid test he used seems to be one which a paper [1] indicates has a lower positive percent agreement than a PCR test. Rapid tests in general, compared directly to PCR, seem to do even worse with one paper [2] finding a symptomatic sensitivity of 72% and an asymptomatic sensitivity of 58%. [1]: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33023911/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33023911/ [2]: https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD013705.pub2/full https://www.cochranelibrary.com/cdsr/doi/10.1002/14651858.CD...
runamok 5y ago
And a reminder that he did in fact have covid. A funny tweet that explains the trade offs of that kind of test: https://www.newsweek.com/space-karen-response-elon-musk-viral-1547695 https://www.newsweek.com/space-karen-response-elon-musk-vira...
flemhans 5y ago
I was Day 0: Antigen positive Day 1: PCR positive Day 8: Antigen positive Day 9: Antigen negative Day 10: Antigen positive Day 10: PCR negative Day 11: Antigen negative Then 10+ negatives after