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[–] • 2 pts

Does anybody have a link to where on the WHO site it says this? That would stir things up with sheep more than screencaps/memes.

[–] • 3 pts

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https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01-2021-who-information-notice-for-ivd-users-2020-05
https://archive.vn/ez6BJ

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Sheep might have trouble understanding what it is saying, but that is what it is saying - lowering the cycle counts used, which will obviously lead to fewer false positives.

[–] • 1 pt

As I’ve been mentioning in Poal threads I see,

This originally went out December 14, 2020.

Nobody seemed to notice. Maybe you will.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Except the rest of the world was dragged into that shit.

Check out the latest UK news. Covid fear dominates the news.

[–] • 0 pt

tl;dr

Valued Colleagues,

  • RTFM. Read the fine manual.

  • Positive COVID PCR test is not an indication of Corona Virus Disease.

  • Weak positive results where the patient has no symptom but the PCR test is positive for COVID is invalid. Get a new specimen and test again.

  • (Honestly, I am not bullshitting here...) Disease prevalence alters the predictive value of test resutls.

  • The probability that a person who tests positive is truly infected falls as prevalence of disease falls.

  • PCR tests do not diagnose disease - they are a diagnostic aid for a doctor to make a medical diagnosis

  • Read the manual.

  • If you don't understand the manual, read it more.

  • if you still don't understand, ask for help

  • (Big one here: ) Communicate the Ct value (cycle threshold) in the report. I think before this you had to make sure your doctor asked for it.