SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccinated Guiana gold miners

Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by samus on Friday July 23, 2021 @02:04PM (#27933786)

> There have been studies that correlated PCR test results with ability to do viral culturing and concluded about 60% of all positive test results did not imply infectiousness.

My point was that the viral culturing might not be feasible for large-scale testing. In that case, we might have to stick to PCR.

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Re:SARS-CoV-2 Gamma variant infected 16 fully Pfizer vaccina... by native_samples on Monday July 26, 2021 @06:37AM (#27957843)

Yes, governments use PCR because it's fast and mechanical.

The correct response to the PCR not detecting what people actually need to know is to shut down mass testing entirely. There is no point in mass testing if it creates chaos and doesn't help, which is what's happening (there is no correlation between testing levels and incidence levels, killing the theory that test test test = better results).

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