Some important links regarding PCR tests below which can be used in letters to MP’s, Schools, Healthcare professionals etc
Australian govt" “it should be noted that PCR tests cannot distinguish between “live” virus and non-infective RNA.”:
Access Denied (see page 2).
HSE Health Protection Surveillance Centre (HPSC), “Ireland’s specialist agency for the surveillance of communicable diseases… part of Health Service Executive“, Guidance on the management of weak positive (high Ct value) PCR results in the setting of testing individuals for SARS-CoV-2, V1.2 22.12.2020, page 9: “PCR does not distinguish between viable virus and non-infectious RNA“: https://www.hpsc.ie/a-z/respiratory/...20guidance.pdf
CDC’s “2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel” (revision 5, effective 07/13/2020): “since no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV are currently available…” and “Detection of viral RNA may not indicate the presence of infectious virus or that 2019-nCoV is the causative agent for clinical symptoms“. Document preserved here: https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-c...-July-2020.pdf
FDA (“Content current as of 12/07/2020”): "the FDA authorized IVDs based on available data from contrived samples ... it is not feasible to precisely compare the performance of various tests that used contrived specimens because each test validated performance using samples derived from different gene specific, synthetic, or genomic nucleic acid sources”: SARS-CoV-2 Reference Panel Comparative Data | FDA
British Medical Journal 12 May 2020: “The lack of such a clear-cut “gold-standard” for covid-19 testing makes evaluation of test accuracy challenging….” “A systematic review of the accuracy of covid-19 tests” … was based on …”repeat testing” Interpreting a covid-19 test result | The BMJ
Research paper supported by the Public Health Agency of Canada and its National Microbiology Laboratory; see the screenshots below. “RT-PCR detects RNA, not infectious virus.“ https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance...iaa638/5842165
British Columbia (Canada) Centre for Disease Control | BC Ministry of Health document entitled Interpreting the results of Nucleic Acid Amplification testing (NAT; or PCR tests) for COVID-19 in the Respiratory Tract, dated April 30, 2020: “for COVID-19 testing, there is currently no gold standard….” http://www.bccdc.ca/Health-Professio...ts_NAT_PCR.pdf
See page 4 of the Interim Guidance document dated March 2, 2020 “Laboratory testing for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in suspected human cases” kindly provided by Dr. Corbett and preserved here: https://www.fluoridefreepeel.ca/wp-c...2020.4-eng.pdf
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