I might as well be blind, but can you please point me in that web page where it is mentioned the tests do not differentiate between the flu and COVID-19? Thank you!
3rd paragraph in the link above
“ In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.”
They don't know what multiplex means. What the current tests do is tell you do you have the flu yes/no. Or do you have covid yes/no. What the link is saying is that they want to develop a test that will specifically tell you if you don't have covid then do you have the flu or neither.
I'm not saying that they can actually do that, I'm just trying to help people understand that that's what they're saying so that everyone stops jumping to the wrong conclusion.
After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only…
Visit the FDA website for a list of authorized COVID-19 diagnostic methods…
In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses…
"CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season."
This is the statement that is in question from the CDC's write-up. People are deducing that the PCR test that was used since the start of the pandemic must not meet this criteria of differentiating between the flu and Covid if labs are being encouraged to look for other approved alternatives. There has been a lot of criticism that the PCR testing was being incorrectly utilized to get the results that were wanted versus what was actually there (i.e. the number of cycles being used). This also brings into question why flu levels were nearly at zero. Was it the masks and social distancing, or was everything being chalked up as Covid since the PCR test wasn't accurate?
Personally I'd like the CDC to provide more insight on this decision because, as other posts are bringing to light, it's strange timing now that Soros and Gates are looking to profit from their recent investments in Covid testing methods.
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html
I might as well be blind, but can you please point me in that web page where it is mentioned the tests do not differentiate between the flu and COVID-19? Thank you!
3rd paragraph in the link above “ In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.”
For additional info: https://www.genomeweb.com/molecular-diagnostics/cdc-withdraw-eua-covid-19-test-fda-revokes-three-other-euas-non-use-agency#.YP9Hry9q2f0
It doesn’t. People are just inferring it.
There’s enough Covid shenanigans without these kind of reaches. For example, the PCR cycle threshold contributes to a lot of the scamdemic.
They don't know what multiplex means. What the current tests do is tell you do you have the flu yes/no. Or do you have covid yes/no. What the link is saying is that they want to develop a test that will specifically tell you if you don't have covid then do you have the flu or neither.
I'm not saying that they can actually do that, I'm just trying to help people understand that that's what they're saying so that everyone stops jumping to the wrong conclusion.
After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only…
Visit the FDA website for a list of authorized COVID-19 diagnostic methods…
In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses…
"CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season."
This is the statement that is in question from the CDC's write-up. People are deducing that the PCR test that was used since the start of the pandemic must not meet this criteria of differentiating between the flu and Covid if labs are being encouraged to look for other approved alternatives. There has been a lot of criticism that the PCR testing was being incorrectly utilized to get the results that were wanted versus what was actually there (i.e. the number of cycles being used). This also brings into question why flu levels were nearly at zero. Was it the masks and social distancing, or was everything being chalked up as Covid since the PCR test wasn't accurate?
Personally I'd like the CDC to provide more insight on this decision because, as other posts are bringing to light, it's strange timing now that Soros and Gates are looking to profit from their recent investments in Covid testing methods.