originally posted by: Mandroid7
originally posted by: chr0naut
a reply to: Mandroid7
And you believe some random and unattributed video?
There is NOTHING to prevent people from making the most outrageous lies on social media. So, it wouldn't be particularly savvy to believe
anything that appears ONLY on social media, without some strenuous cross checking and verification, wouldn't it?.
Sorry, but the "high tech" (Trumps words) swab is identical to the one opened on camera.
This deserves a closer inspection.
OK, I have watched you guys flail around and no-one seems to have realized that a swab test looking for the genomic sequence of a virus must
necessarily not contaminate the sample with any other genomic material.
Cotton is a living thing. It comes from a plant. It has a genetic code. So you can't use it for a genomic test swab.
You have to use something inert. Something like acrylic fibers, which have to be really clean (which is why they put it in sealed container before
use).
Now we come to the manufacture method of such a swab. Since it is stuff that probably is thermoplastic, they probably have a container of short, cut
fibers, like a powder of them, in a container. Then, they plunge a hot plastic 'stick' of the swab into the container of loose fibers. This causes the
loose fibers in contact to the hot 'stick' to melt a bit and weld to it, The outer bits are the loose ends of the fibers, the inner, are stuck to the
'stick'.
This also means that some fibers are merely trapped in place between other fibers, and will come off quite easily. But it doesn't matter, because they
are inert and will be removed from the test subject when the old mucosa (snot) is removed, as is natural.
So that explains why the fibers are left behind on the damp surface of the meat. They aren't actually spiking into the meat at all. They are just
stuck in the surface tension of the liquid on the meat (and in this video, the meat looks
particularly wet. Why?).
As for the dark fibers, my guess is that they come from the dark gloves the videographer was using when opening the swab packet. The apparent
movements of the dark fibers are probably from the breath of the videographer, and fits with the dark fibers actually getting there via air
currents.
So, mystery totally solved, on all counts.
edit on 26/3/2021 by chr0naut because: (no reason given)