Abbott will be shipping 50 million tests per month by October. The test is
97% accurate, produces results in 15 min, and only costs $5. This is a game-changer that will greatly speed a return to normalcy. No doubt Biden and t he Dims are not celebrating this development.
That is nothing compared to the false negative rates on the present PCR tests which run at something like 20-30% even when used on people who are showing all the classic symptoms of genuine Covid infection.
A positive PCR test is *definitive* that you have detectable viral DNA (but it may not be live virus). As the test gets ever more sensitive it also picks up fragments of viral DNA long after patients have recovered. But you can't afford to take chances with a possible infected case.
A negative test when you are showing clear symptoms of Covid they tell you to isolate anyway (happened to a friend). But those who are positive but *test* negative and are showing no symptoms get missed completely.
That is the reason why testing at airports would lead to a false sense of security and give 20-30% of infected people a clean bill of health.
97% is very probably marketing hype. And the claimed sensitivity and specificity only applies in perfectly controlled conditions. The tricky bit causing trouble is taking a good sample off the patient safely.You put a moron in the White House - what do you expect?
-- Regards, Martin Brown
Obummer hasn't been in office for nearly 4 years. Pres. Trump has corrected many, but not all, of Obummer's screwups.
many, but not all, of Obummer's screwups.
Fluyguy would think that. He's silly enough to believe Donald Trump's lies. He's nowhere near bright enough to identify anything that Obama's administ ration did as a "screwup", and it takes deep gullibility to accept anything that Trump has done as any kind of "correction".
Trump's saving grace is that he is ineffectual. That the US Covid-19 death rate is now 589 per million (it was 586 last night) which is nearly as bad as the UK. France, Spain and Belgium - has now caught up with Italy while Sweden has now dropped behind - is the down side of him being inffectual.
-- Bill Sloman, Sydney
ed many, but not all, of Obummer's screwups.
s. He's nowhere near bright enough to identify anything that Obama's admini stration did as a "screwup", and it takes deep gullibility to accept anythi ng that Trump has done as any kind of "correction".
h rate is now 589 per million (it was 586 last night) which is nearly as ba d as the UK. France, Spain and Belgium - has now caught up with Italy whi le Sweden has now dropped behind - is the down side of him being inffectua l.
Hey SL0W MAN,
The list of accomplishments by Pres. Trump is VERY LONG, so I am not about to repeat them, but they are available at:
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cted many, but not all, of Obummer's screwups.
ies. He's nowhere near bright enough to identify anything that Obama's admi nistration did as a "screwup", and it takes deep gullibility to accept anyt hing that Trump has done as any kind of "correction".
ath rate is now 589 per million (it was 586 last night) which is nearly as bad as the UK. France, Spain and Belgium - has now caught up with Italy whi le Sweden has now dropped behind - is the down side of him being ineffectua l.
t to repeat them, but they are available at:
That's Trump's version of the story.
Since Trump picked out the promises that he admitted to making , the fact t hat only about 25% of them look as if they were kept doesn't show him in a good light.
It's a extreme-right hate group with low credibility - clearly the sort of source you rely on.
-- Bill Sloman, Sydney
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