I was doing some research on this last night. Apparently the covid test is an rt-pcr test that is specific to some gene sequences in the covid virus. It does not however differenciate between active infections and dormant virus present in someone's respitory system. Hence the high rate of false positives.
I can also imagine that covid shares some gene sequences with other endemic corona viruses, which will also contribute to false positives.
So pretty much even tho the rt-pcr test is designed to specifically seek out covid, it still presents an issue with false positives.
they have not isolated the SarsCov2 virus so there is no way a PCR test can ever give you an accurate result for Sars Cov2. there is no unadulterated samples of the virus. other genetic material has been added .
I was doing some research on this last night. Apparently the covid test is an rt-pcr test that is specific to some gene sequences in the covid virus. It does not however differenciate between active infections and dormant virus present in someone's respitory system. Hence the high rate of false positives.
I can also imagine that covid shares some gene sequences with other endemic corona viruses, which will also contribute to false positives.
So pretty much even tho the rt-pcr test is designed to specifically seek out covid, it still presents an issue with false positives.
they have not isolated the SarsCov2 virus so there is no way a PCR test can ever give you an accurate result for Sars Cov2. there is no unadulterated samples of the virus. other genetic material has been added .
Correct. This is why I speculated that it's still probably picking up any corona virus not just sars cov2
THIS.