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> maybe PCR tests cranked to an absurd number of cycles c'mon, you're at least a year behind the conspiracy theory state of the art, we're on vaccine infertili
by MiroF 5y ago
> maybe PCR tests cranked to an absurd number of cycles
c'mon, you're at least a year behind the conspiracy theory state of the art, we're on vaccine infertility now.
- mardifoufs 5y agoI guess you should email the NYT and ask them to stop peddling conspiracy theories: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testin...?
- MiroF 5y ago> Any test with a cycle threshold above 35 is too sensitive, agreed Juliet Morrison, a virologist at the University of California, Riverside. “I’m shocked that people would think that 40 could represent a positive,” she said. I'm a bit confused by this article. AFAIK PCR tests are only reporting a positive at 35 cycles. The author of the article is correct that it is run for 40 cycles often, but this is only because a positive between 36-40 cycles indicates "unclear result" and the test is repeated with a different assay targeting a different component of the virus. Positive is only reported at 35 cycles max. This should not pick up any "dead cells", it will pick up viral mRNA. There is a concern over picking up low loads, but the mRNA is still there.