Coronavirus testing has been a hot-button issue since the beginning of the pandemic. First, there weren't enough coronavirus tests to go around. Now, a new issue has emerged—just how accurate the tests people are getting actually are. According to a July 17 study published in the International Journal of Geriatrics and Rehabilitation, 50 percent of nucleic acid coronavirus tests distributed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)provided inaccurate results.
The study's lead author, Sin Hang Lee, MD, director of Milford Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, found that the testing kits gave a 30 percent false-positive rate and a 20 percent false-negative rate.
To determine these false-positive and false-negative rates, the Connecticut State Department of Public Health Microbiology Laboratory provided Lee 20 tests, which were then re-tested using his own methodology, which examines samples on a cellular level, rather than just testing fluid with no cellular matter from potentially infected oral and nasal secretions.
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The tests are worthless if this is true.
ReplyDeleteAnd the number of people who have the virus is VASTLY more than we have been told (which means that the case fatality rate is VASTLY lower).
Looking at the most recent figures for testing in Maryland (reported just below this post on SBYNews), there were almost 35,000 tests performed on the date of the post. The positivity rate is between 3.9% and 4.5%. Let's arbitrarily assume the higher figure. That would mean 1,575 persons (4.5% of 35,000) tested positive. However, 30% of those are false positives, so there were really about 1,100 positive (30% of 1575 is 472; and 1565 - 472 = 1103).
But wait! Twenty percent of the negatives were also false. Twenty percent of 33,425 (the number of people who tested negative) is 6,685.
So, instead of there being 1,575 persons with the virus, there are apparently 7,785 (1100 + 6,685) -- FIVE TIMES AS MANY AS REPORTED.
Which means that the death rate is 1/5 of what has been reported.
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DeleteGreat points!
So this means that Adolph Hogan, governor of MD, wasted $9 million of MD tax payer dollars while him or his wife if not both received a large kick back from Korea for their purchase of bad test kits. They should be mandated to return their kick back money and the $9 million he spent back to the MD budget
ReplyDeleteHogans residence is in Ocean city
Deletebut he has screwed so many businesses there
he is now getting out of Ocean city...
His home list for over 500,000 ....
Hogan cannot face the businesses he crushed with his Democratic mannerisms
Exactly. The money is sitting in a South Korean bank in his Korean name. Like OBAMA was Barry SANTOS.
DeleteFinally someone who gets it, but sadly to late!!! Your rights are gone and the world as you saw it is gone, probably never to return, and certingly not if mark of the beast technology in AI and RFID and digital currency, you will be a slave for live, humanity will be enslaved for the rest of mankind!!!
ReplyDelete30% false positive and 20% false negative means the test could possibly be reliable for about 50% of testees. No very reliable to say the least. Why even bother to get tested?
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ReplyDeleteVery small sample for the doc to make such a sweeping statement.
Related: What is the accuracy variance from batch to batch of any one brand of kits? From all approved brands of kits?
We might not be too happy to have that info gathered and shared.
Are these some of the ones Hogan and Yumi bought on the 'family' market? Only right to make them take one each. I hope they would be defective.
ReplyDelete745 because the MSM and the progressive party has to have a way to get Trump out of office. That is what this is about. They could care less about you
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