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A great article explaining why PCR tests are not as great as they sound..

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Isitisntit · 01/09/2020 19:50

www.spectator.co.uk/article/coronavirus-cases-are-mounting-but-deaths-remain-stable-why-

Very interesting.

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Jrobhatch29 · 01/09/2020 20:01

I just read that too. Makes alot of sense what's happening. My local area has had a huge rise in cases and we are on the brink of local lockdown. There's still nobody in hospital though and we have had no deaths in the two hospitals in our trust since June x

GirlCalledJames · 01/09/2020 20:03

Surely the big advantage of RT-PCR is how widespread and available it already was long before COVID. Undoubtedly there could be a better test, but having it available in time is another matter.

ShootsFruitsAndLeaves · 01/09/2020 20:21

it seems like a much shorter, shitter and weaselier version of this article

www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/08/how-to-test-every-american-for-covid-19-every-day/615217/

the graph is a fine piece of fraud that someone from the centre for (supposedly) evidence-based medicine. One line shows 'new cases'. Another shows the number of patients in hospital, which is not the same thing at all.

The start date on the x axis is April, but it's my understanding that the data are not comparable before 2 July at the very earliest due to the aggregation of Pier 1 & 2 data.

It was obvious months and months ago that the age of coronavirus patients was massively higher than the average age of infection, because young people were often asymptomatic.

We should expect a younger population once we start testing people millions of people monthly rather than just a few at death's door.

Also it does seem that a lot of young people have concluded that covid-19 is not necessarily a major existential threat for them, and are going about normal daily life, so we should expect the age to get younger.

It's of course true that the PCR test might not be the best way to test people, but this doesn't necessarily seem to be related to the data presented in the article.

Nappyvalley15 · 02/09/2020 16:42

Both articles are good but cover different ground. Carl Henegan is asking the right questions. The Centre for Evidence based medicine is a reputable outlet. Strange to claim otherwise.

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