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The PCR tests are too sensitive [0], experts are saying that it looks like 90% of positive people may not infected or infectious and should not be counted as po
by mikem170 5y ago
The PCR tests are too sensitive [0], experts are saying that it looks like 90% of positive people may not infected or infectious and should not be counted as positive.
They are running too many cycles for these tests, making them something like 100 times more sensitive than tests for other viruses.
[0] https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/experts-us-covid-19-positivity-rate-high-due-to-too-sensitive-tests/ar-BB18wE8B https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/medical/experts-us-covid-19...
- mizzack 5y agoThe CDC limits CT to 28 for vaccinated samples when counting breakthrough cases. > For cases with a known RT-PCR cycle threshold (Ct) value, submit only specimens with Ct value ≤28 to CDC for sequencing. (Sequencing is not feasible with higher Ct values.) https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/breakthrough-cases.html https://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/covid-19/health-departments/bre...
- adevx 5y agoInteresting, so the balance is even further skewed when comparing with the unvaccinated.