If you ain’t sick, you ain’t sick.

“most diseases, however, are defined by the cluster of symptoms and signs, in addition to test results. A recent review found that a single symptom or sign could not accurately diagnose COVID-19.” 1/n https://twitter.com/carlheneghan/status/1304482854202683392

“The PCR test positivity counts should include a standardized threshold level of detection, and at a minimum, the recording of the presence or absence of symptoms.” 2/n

“As a disease, the C19 case definition should constitute a disorder that produces a specific set of symptoms and signs.” 3/n

At this point, only the PCR test result is used to diagnose C19. So if a person tests (+) and has NO clinical symptoms, they are considered a covid case.
Say they have a heart attack, then they are counted as a Covid death.
4/n

No symptoms means no infection.
It means the person was exposed to C19. The virus was dismantled at the 1st & 2nd line of immunity defense. It was just gobbled up by phagocytes at the gate. An infection never ensued. The person did not become sick with a respiratory disease. 5/n

For a review of immunity lines of defense:
6/n https://twitter.com/abirballan/status/1302593931436318721

So how did C19 instigate the death?

Can you see now how much deaths could be amplified under this system?

7/7

“An asymptomatic person who tested positive could have two confirmatory negative tests, but would still count as a confirmed case. In Wales, data is deduplicated on 42-day episodes; if someone is tested twice, 43 days apart, they will be included in the case count measure twice.”

So the same person, with the same infection (that has now subsided) is counted again in the cases count if they take the test again. In many countries, a lot of cases have to take the test again to exit quarantine.

The viral debris could be detected for up to 3 months.

So how many cases is each person?