The PCR Testing Debacle Pamela A. Popper, President Wellness Forum Health Over 100 companies are currently producing tests for COVID-19, and these tests were approved by the FDA under emergency authorization with almost no validation. The test makers only had to show that the tests performed well in test tubes and no real - world demonstration of clinical viability was required. [1] Each vendor has established its own and as-yet-unmeasured accuracy. The variations are myriad, with some some tests able to detect as few as 100 copies of a viral gene while others require 400 copies for detection. [2] Additionally, most will show positive results for as long as 6 months, while the actual time a person is contagious is only a few days. The accuracy of tests is important since numbers of "cases" is the metric used to determine business closures, event cancellations, lockdowns, withdrawal of civil rights and liberties, whether or not people can congregate, and if the dreade...
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