***"The PCR test in the Corman-Drosten paper therefore contains neither a unique positive control nor a negative control to exclude the presence of other coronaviruses."***

"The protocol as described is unfortunately very vague and erroneous in its design that one can go in dozens of different directions. There does not appear to be any standardization nor an SOP, so it is not clear how this test can be implemented."

"A severe error is the omission of a Ct value at which a sample is considered positive and negative. This Ct value is also not found in follow-up submissions making the test unsuitable as a specific diagnostic tool to identify the SARS-CoV-2 virus."

"We find severe conflicts of interest for at least 4 authors, in addition to the fact that 2 of the authors of the Corman-Drosten paper (Christian Drosten & Chantal Reusken) are members of the editorial board of Eurosurveillance [who published these recommended protocols]"

@threadreaderapp pls unroll the previous one was incomplete thank you