Did You Know? What’s Wrong with PCR Covid Testing The PCR test is the main test being used to detect the SARS-COV2 virus, & diagnose COVID-19. PCR stands for a polymerase chain reaction. In the case of the SARS-COV2 virus, the PCR test serves to amplify fragments of viral DNA for easier detection. The steps are: Swab…
Tag: Infectious Disease
Business Today reports “‘Not certain’: Pfizer CEO on whether COVID vaccine stops transmission”
As US-based pharma major Pfizer Inc and its German partner BioNTech SE get two back-to-back emergency approvals from the UK and Bahrain health regulatory bodies, the vaccine frontrunner seems to be clueless about one major question — can their coronavirus vaccine prevent the virus’ transmission after vaccination? During a recent interview with NBC’s Lestor Holt,…
MyGrace Lipofluid reports “What does CT-value signify?”
The cycle thresholds (CT values) in the (corona) PCR Test are confusing. An entertaining comparison will show you what actually happens during the test. With this knowledge you can finally relax and smile 🙂 Download the film file to post and share it yourself: https://link.mygrace.ch/video-ctvalue…
John Hopkins reports “Covid-19 Deaths: A Look at U.S. Data”
The MS in Applied Economics hosted a friendly conversation on a morose topic on November 11, 2020. This presentation was led by Dr. Genevieve Briand, MS in Applied Economics Assistant Program Director. Genevieve went over where the data could be accessed and downloaded. Together with her, event attendees were invited to think critically about the…
Home Vaccine Education Network reports “The Influenza Vaccine and COVID-19”
 Flu Injection — Fatal Infection  What connects the countries of Belgium, Peru, the UK, Spain, Italy, Chile, Sweden, the US, Mexico, and France? These countries, the top ten in COVID-19 mortality (as of August 24, 2020, according to Johns Hopkins), all injected more than 49% of their elderly populations with the flu vaccine. This stands in stark…
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick reports “COVID – why terminology really, really matters”
When is a case not a case? Since the start of the COVID pandemic I have watched almost everyone get mission critical things wrong. In some ways this is not surprising. Medical terminology is horribly imprecise, and often poorly understood. In calmer times such things are only of interest to research geeks like me. Were…
Fox News reports “CDC changes coronavirus testing guidance; asymptomatic people no longer require test”
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says asymptomatic people no longer need to get tested for the novel coronavirus, a quiet change the federal agency recently made to its online guidelines regarding COVID-19. “You do not necessarily need a test unless you are a vulnerable individual or your health care provider or state or local public health officials recommend…
Dr. Malcolm Kendrick reports “COVID – What have we learned?”
We have learned that people who are asymptomatic can, cannot, can, cannot, can, cannot, can… spread the virus. That the accuracy of PCR antigen testing is brilliant, useless, brilliant, useless, brilliant, useless. That false positive tests are impossible, common, impossible, common, impossible, common. That facemasks are useless, necessary, useless, necessary, useless… absolutely necessary. COVID –…
Market Watch reports “Sweden has developed herd immunity after refusing to lock down, experts claim. Its coronavirus infection rate is falling”
Leading Swedish health experts claim the country has a falling coronavirus infection rate because it was one of the few that didn’t go into lockdown and has rejected the use of masks. Arne Elofsson, a professor in biometrics at Stockholm University, thinks the population has developed a form of immunity: “Strict rules do not work…
The Hill reports “Positive COVID-19 tests hit record low in New York City”
The percentage of COVID-19 tests coming back positive has reached a record low in New York City, Mayor Bill de Blasio (D) said Wednesday, a sign that enough people are being tested and that the city has control of the virus. “This is extraordinary,” de Blasio said during a press conference. “Now we all know every day…