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. 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. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.
-that means the current test isn't differentiating between the 'rona and the 'flu
"The test?" Which test?
There are multitudes of tests used to detect Covid
For example the PCR test
Kary Mulllis the PCR technique inventor said that a PCR is unsuitable for diagnosis. I think he was right.
That’s irrelevant to the current versions of the PCR tests being used
I think the FDA is right
Here the CDC says why it is withdrawing the PCR test:
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html
-that means the current test isn't differentiating between the 'rona and the 'flu
Ok and?