Thread: Corona Virus

Originally Posted by superquag

superquag

Originally Posted by Arapiles
As far as I am aware, we only use PCR.

There is an Australian company that recently developed a quick test but it's not available in Australia, presumably because it's not accurate enough.



Hearsay:- "The TGA has yet to approve / deign to gaze there-upon and giveth Blessing... Yet is being sold overseas."

- I'll wait a couple of seconds for the above to be Fact-Checked...

To add some balance, stumbled across this site :- The "false-positive PCR" problem is not a problem - Virology Down Under Gotta give him a plug, being Ozzie...

This is the story:

COVID-19 at home test developed in Australia approved in the US - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Qld inventors claims 96% accuracy, government says no need for it in Oz because we have plenty of PCR capacity.

Originally Posted by Eevo

and also very low false negatives by the looks of it.

This"commentary" of Christian Drosten's own Paper - which was NOT peer-reviewed before it went out... may change things a little. Just.

Coronavirus Scandal Breaking in Merkel’s Germany | New Eastern Outlook

COVID TEST FAIL: External Peer Review Exposes 10 Key Scientific Flaws | Principia Scientific Intl.

Australian National Review - A global team of experts has found 10 FATAL FLAWS in the main test for Covid and is demanding it’s urgently axed


Review report Corman-Drosten et al. Eurosurveillance 2020 – CORMAN-DROSTEN REVIEW REPORT

Bottom line, a whole heap of doubt for anything.... that comes back to Drosten's work.

Originally Posted by Arapiles

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This is the story:

COVID-19 at home test developed in Australia approved in the US - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

The Qld inventors claims 96% accuracy, government says no need for it in Oz because we have plenty of PCR capacity.

Thanks for that ! - I felt certain it came from a reputable source.


But, my Aussie Nationalistic heart is NOT impressed with ScoMo's off-hand dismissal of a fine, Accurate.... LOCAL invention. - Think of the jobs etc that home manufacture and home sales would generate ?

- But, I suppose it has to be verified or 'vindicated' by a Gold Standard, such as an actual SARS-2 virus. Sadly, as is slowly surfacing, this virus has yet to be isolated ! So, apart from the fun & games that the Drosten Review is causing, casting doubt on PCR usefulness, we still need a sample of the little buggers.

EDIT:- Yes, yes, I know... it's not him but the TGA dragging it back, or maybe it's a commercial cartel or whatever. But ScoMo is Captain of the Lugger, and as my Old Man (youngest Captain in the Merchant Marine at his time...) used to say, "The Captain is responsible for Everything that happens on board his ship."

Something to take your minds off COVID.

Disease X warning as doctor who helped discover Ebola fears new deadly viruses (msn.com)

The rollout of the vaccines in the UK and the USA has reached a hurdle. The USA is considering giving two half strength doses, while the UK is considering a full strength dose, with a longer delay before the second dose. Both changes are suggested as ways to speed up the process. The US approach would see more people injected with the same amount of vaccine available , and they say it would give an identical immune response
for the age group 18 to 55. as a full dose. The problem in the US is only 2.8 million people have been vaccinated, as opposed to the 20 million promised by the administration.


US officials are considering giving people 2 half doses of Moderna's COVID-19 shot to speed up rollout, vaccine chief Slaoui says (msn.com)

And just what we didn't want to hear.

Four new COVID cases in Sydney as alarm raised over rural camping trip (thenewdaily.com.au)

" US officials are considering giving people 2 half doses of Moderna's COVID-19 shot to speed up rollout, vaccine chief Slaoui says (msn.com) "

Desperation ? Maybe they could do a deal with France, recent report implied 'only 60%' were interested in getting jabbed.... Alleged order of 10M (double-shots, = 20M injections) for <70 M population.... And PAID for.
Anyone suspect the French reckon they may have to repeat ?

This could be a reason.. French infectious disease expert shocked by the number of adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccine | News | LifeSite - Valid or not, True or not, just the fact it's published is enough to make many hesitate, and France has one of the highest "hesitancy" in Europe..

Not exactly reputable news sources, but again sewing the seeds of doubt :

Woman In Portugal Dies After Receiving Pfizer Vaccine

Portuguese woman dies two days after getting Pfizer covid vaccine | Daily Mail Online

Apparently the autopsy will be in the next couple of days.