Category: RT-PCR and Testing Pandemic
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Australian military troops sent to Sydney to help enforce new coronavirus lockdown
This article was written by Scott Newman and was published by NPR last July 30, 2021. According to Newman, Australian soldiers have joined the local police in New South Wales in enforcing coronavirus lockdowns in Sydney. The new lockdown which was scheduled to begin last August 2, 2021, is another attempt at tamping down the…
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CDC revokes EUA for RT-PCR test kits
This July 21, 2021 memo from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is an advanced notice to laboratories and testing sites still using the RT-PCR for detecting COVID. According to the memo, “After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization…
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W.H.O no evidence to support widespread asymptomatic testing
The following document was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) last June 25, 2021. In this document, the WHO offered some guidelines on testing for SARS-CoV-2 control. Some of the more important recommendations outlined by this document include the following: There is limited evidence base on the effectiveness of widespread asymptomatic population screening. There…
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New study proves that RT-PCR positivity should not be used as a measure of infectiousness
The following study was published by the Journal of Infection under the title “The Performance of the SARS-CoV-2 RT-PCR Test as a Tool for Detecting SARS-CoV-2 Infection in the Population”. The study analyzed real-world data from a laboratory in Munster, Germany, and included results for weeks 10 to 49 of “pandemic” in 2020 [that’s between…
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UK Government instructs NHS to change the way it records COVID-19 cases: Includes only those who are sick vs. those who just test positive
In this June 11, 2021 article for Off Guardian, Kit Knightly launches a scathing criticism of the new government directive to the National Health Service (NHS) which instructs the differentiation between patients who are actually sick with COVID-19 from those “who test positive while seeking treatment for something else”. Though this change, the government hopes…
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New study shows how recovered COVID patients can repeatedly test positive, shows varying implications to RT-PCR testing
This December 17, 2020 article reports on a study conducted by Liguo Zhang, Alexsia Richards, Andrew Khalil, Emile Wogram, Haiting Ma, Richard A. Young, and Rudolf Jaenisch. In this study, the researchers found that the RNA from the SARS-CoV-2 virus is reverse-transcribed and integrated into the human genome. This means that the virus hides within…
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Cebu City EOC: 6% of COVID-19 positive traced individuals are fully vaccinated
The following article was written by Delta Dyrecka Letigio and was published on June 2, 2021 by the Cebu Daily News. In this article, Letigio reports on the results of the week-long contact tracing conducted by the Cebu City Emergency Operations Office (EOC), which found that fully vaccinated individuals make up 6% of the COVID…
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Sweden: PCR cannot be used for diagnosis
The following is a new guideline released by the Swedish Public Health Agency (SPHA) on the criteria which will be used to determine “freedom from infection in COVID-19”. According to the guideline first released on July 21, 2020, and updated last November 30, 2020, “The PCR technology used in tests to detect viruses cannot distinguish…
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Manitoba Government Chief Microbiologist: 56% of positive “cases” are not infectious, but products of misleading RT-PCR tests
In this May 11, 2021 article, the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms (JCCF) reports on the developments of a lawsuit filed by churches and individuals in Manitoba who are challenging the government’s lockdown policy. According to the complainants, the restrictions were a “violation of the Charter freedoms to associate, worship, and assemble peacefully”. The JCCF…
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World’s most vaccinated nation activates new lockdowns as cases rise
The following article was written by Kamlesh Bhuckory and Antony Squazzin for Bloomberg. It was published last May 5, 2021, and was updated May 6, 2021. In this article, we discover that Seychelles, the most vaccinated country in the world, has instituted coronavirus measures to curb the increase in COVID cases. The measures include the…
