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OftenBen · 1482 days ago · link · · parent · post: Questions About Accuracy of Coronavirus Tests Sow Worry :Experts believe nearly one in three infected patients are nevertheless getting negative test results
It's a viral illness. Testing for viral illness requires a detectable amount of viral load. It doesnt matter if the test is valid or not when a person can have a sub clinical viral load and still be shedding infectious particles.
am_Unition · 1481 days ago · link ·
That’s true, but we’ve been talking about detection thresholds like they’re an abstraction, and not clearly quantifiable. C’mon, America. We’re not all fuckin’ dumb
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Enough of us are fucking dumb or brainwashed enough to kill all of us. I talked about this years ago. Edit with relevant post. "And even if we do eliminate the 'threat' of mental illness, what about clinically 'sane' people who seek the mass destruction of others for some personal or political goal?"