1/x ⬆️ Testing = ⬆️ Cases

This ALSO:

(1) ⬆️ #False_Positive PCR results (compared to True Positives)
especially if ⬆️ #asymptomatics tested

&

(2) #NON_infectious cases IF excess Ct cutoff

Leads to #erroneous reporting of #NON_infectious #Cases

REF
1) https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3699.short?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bmj%2Frecent+%28Latest+from+BMJ%29
Operation Moonshot proposals are scientifically unsound

They could do more harm than good to people, populations, and the economy The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) swab test is useful (but not perfect) for detecting SARS-CoV-2 virus RNA in symptomatic...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3699.short?rss=1&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+bmj%2Frecent+%28Latest+from+BMJ%29
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2) Viral cultures for COVID-19 infectivity assessment – a systematic review

By Prof @carlheneghan et al

https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2020.08.04.20167932v3.full.pdf
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3) https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3374
Covid-19: the problems with case counting

Novel coronavirus cases in England have been rising steadily since the beginning of July. However, this trend may not tell us what we really need to know about the pandemic and the most serious...

https://www.bmj.com/content/370/bmj.m3374
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4) By @apoorva_nyc https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html#click=https://t.co/xobsTYmVXI
Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be.

The usual diagnostic tests may simply be too sensitive and too slow to contain the spread of the virus.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/29/health/coronavirus-testing.html#click=https://t.co/xobsTYmVXI
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5) https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-54000629?__twitter_impression=true
Coronavirus: Tests 'could be picking up dead virus'

Scientists say a positive coronavirus result does not guarantee that someone is infectious.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/amp/health-54000629?__twitter_impression=true
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6) https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-tests-may-be-picking-up-traces-of-dead-virus-12064151?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
Coronavirus tests 'may be picking up traces of dead virus'

Experts from Oxford University's Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine say the widely-used PCR test will result in false positives.

https://news.sky.com/story/coronavirus-tests-may-be-picking-up-traces-of-dead-virus-12064151?dcmp=snt-sf-twitter
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7) More on the issue of #False_Positives:

Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – the Deadly Danger of #False_Positives

By Dr Mike Yeadon, former CSO/VP, Allergy Resp Research, Pfizer; co-Founder Ziarco Pharma Ltd.

@MichaelYeadon3 https://lockdownsceptics.org/lies-damned-lies-and-health-statistics-the-deadly-danger-of-false-positives/
Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – the Deadly Danger of False Positives – Lockdown Sceptics

by Dr Michael Yeadon I never expected to be writing something like this. I am an ordinary person, recently semi-retired from a career in the pharmaceutical industry and biotech, where I spent over 30...

https://lockdownsceptics.org/lies-damned-lies-and-health-statistics-the-deadly-danger-of-false-positives/
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8) German Virologist Prof #Stephan_Ludwig

See link to original German article and my translation into English in this thread - https://twitter.com/SabinaWalker18/status/1297195795586809856?s=20
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9) Another article on #False_Positives (see thread) - https://twitter.com/SabinaWalker18/status/1307895399919751170?s=20
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11) Another paper (including thread) https://twitter.com/SabinaWalker18/status/1310276221578539008?s=20
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12) By @carlheneghan https://twitter.com/SabinaWalker18/status/1310251854417113093?s=20
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