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Their excuse? They didn't have COVID samples, so they went with what they had.

So how many people really had COVID?

From the attached thread:

Look at page 39,40 "Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019nCov is the causative agent for clinical symptoms. The test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens."

Page 40 “Since no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time, the test was developed and this study conducted, with assays designed for detection of the 2019-nCoV with characterized stocks ......."

Meaning they used a substitute for the COVIID virus to design the PCR test as well as validate that it works

Their excuse? They didn't have COVID samples, so they went with what they had. So how many people really had COVID? From the attached thread: Look at page 39,40 "Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019nCov is the causative agent for clinical symptoms. The test cannot rule out diseases caused by other bacterial or viral pathogens." Page 40 “Since no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time, the test was developed and this study conducted, with assays designed for detection of the 2019-nCoV with characterized stocks ......." Meaning they used a substitute for the COVIID virus to design the PCR test as well as validate that it works

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This pooling of the samples sounds like part of the trac and trace agenda. They pool four specimens and if a positive result entails, they do the individual testing. Brilliant.

Found this on CDC: Removed information about pooling specimens for public health surveillance testing. The majority of testing for SARS-CoV-2 using a pooling strategy is for diagnostic and screening testing purposes. Although pooling specimens for Public Health Surveillance purposes is still acceptable, this guidance focuses on the use of pooling for diagnostic and screening testing. https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/pooling-procedures.html