509 I emailed the CDC to ask them how they are verifying what variant is dominant. This was their answer. Thoughts? (twitter.com) posted 3 years ago by Vidura 3 years ago by Vidura +509 / -0 234 comments share 234 comments share save hide report block hide replies
So translated as "we can detect the variants" but "we can't tell you which variants". Convenient. Doesn't sound very sciency to me.
They can detect all the variants because they can detect all the viral material. But they can't tell which viral material it is.
So what distinquishes the variant from the original in these tests?
Basically, they admit they're lying.