Current Cycle Threshold value used to perform the PCR test
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Dear Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited,
1. What is the current Cycle Threshold value used to perform the PCR test for COVID19
2. Are you considering changing the Cycle Threshold?
3. Where is the best place to find out when any future changes to the Cycle Threshold occur in New Zealand, is there an easier way to find this out than making an OIA each week?
(To be clear, I am anticipating the number of cycles to be lowered as other countries have done as they have rolled out vaccinations which will have an effect on the data collection of immunity levels after vaccinating).
Yours faithfully,
c a
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Dear Institute of Environmental Science and Research Limited,
1. What is the current Cycle Threshold value used to perform the PCR test for COVID19
2. Are you considering changing the Cycle Threshold?
3. Where is the best place to find out when any future changes to the Cycle Threshold occur in New Zealand, is there an easier way to find this out than making an OIA each week?
(To be clear, I am anticipating the number of cycles to be lowered as other countries have done as they have rolled out vaccinations which will have an effect on the data collection of immunity levels after vaccinating).
Yours faithfully,
c a
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E Wilson left an annotation ()
An article published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases found that among positive PCR samples with a cycle count over 35, only 3 percent of the samples showed viral replication.
https://academic.oup.com/cid/article/72/...
22 Scientists Publish Paper Claiming the PCR Test is "Useless" for Detecting COVID-19 Cases --
https://www.collective-evolution.com/202...
Former scientific advisor at Pfizer, Dr Mike Yeadon, argued that the proportion of positive tests that are false may actually be as high as 90%.
https://lockdownsceptics.org/lies-damned...
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Virginia Crawford left an annotation ()
40 cycles is far too high, as it will pick up any extraneous viral particles unrelated to covid 19, The WHO has acknowledged this in more than one advisory.
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