Are the fuckin nasal swab PCR tests giving false positives?
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Replying to @1VeryChillDude
Yes. PCR involves amplification, so how much you amplify determines the positivity rate to some extent. This is in Italian but a researcher from Negri Inst explains why he thinks case #'s aren't always indicative of much. https://www.corriere.it/cronache/20_giugno_19/coronavirus-remuzzi-nuovi-positivi-non-sono-contagiosi-stop-paura-bf24c59c-b199-11ea-842e-6a88f68d3e0a.shtml …
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Replying to @NotJeff_ @vandrewattycpa
True but it can’t be amplified from nothing right?
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Replying to @1VeryChillDude
Correct. The point Dr Remuzzi is making is that the virus is endemic enough that tons of people have low loads of it. But those viral loads are too low to be contagious so not worth worrying about.
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Replying to @NotJeff_ @vandrewattycpa
‘Low viral loads not contagious, not worth worrying about’ - this is not getting understood well enough I think
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I keep telling the boys at the leather bar about this and they just say "shut up and huff these poppers nobody cares"
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