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Right now, due to FDA restrictions, we are not allowed to access, buy or use any COVID-19 immunology-based assay to determine
(1) If we have been infected in the past
(2) If we currently have antibodies
(3) If we have a current infection
(4) If we are COVID-19 naive.
Some examples in which private testing using the same technology is 100% private:
HIV testing
Pregancy testing
Drug testing
Paternity testing
Other STD testing
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: 5StarOracle
The test ktis they use ...PCR are not even suitable for this, it never was . That is one more reason to get access to private antibody test.
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method used widely in molecular biology to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to take a very small sample of DNA and amplify it to a large enough amount to study in detail.
originally posted by: Boadicea
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: 5StarOracle
The test ktis they use ...PCR are not even suitable for this, it never was . That is one more reason to get access to private antibody test.
PCR? The vast majority of people have absolutely no idea what this refers to:
Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) is a method used widely in molecular biology to make millions to billions of copies of a specific DNA sample rapidly, allowing scientists to take a very small sample of DNA and amplify it to a large enough amount to study in detail.
Polymerase chain reaction
According to a recent video (I believe posted on ATS), this is an inefficient way to test because in the process of replication and magnification, different anomolies may appear which can be misinterpreted. That's a simplification probably, but that's the extent of my understanding!
Is there another reason why you think such testing is not suitable? Or more to it?
originally posted by: Kenzo
a reply to: Boadicea
I just read a lot about it, also posting about it here in ATS , that it simply is not accurate method...It gives false readings so much that it dont look to be suitable testing method.
I think i read few days ago that when the PCR test were originally developed, the author even sayed that it cant be used for this kind of thing like they are now doing with covid-19...
originally posted by: Dr UAE
a reply to: Boadicea
from what Ive heard in an interview with a doctor (posted in a thread) that if you had the flu shot this year then the test will be positive, so this test is for all viruses, im not sure if that is true.
originally posted by: MykeNukem
Yup PCR is like recording a faint sound.
When you boost the signal you want, you also boost the background noise you don't want.