For those of you who weren't aware, one of the most common tests used for Covid-19 is a PCR test (polymerase chain reaction). This test is unique in the sense that it cannot have a false positive. Although it can have false negatives, very rarely.

The PCR test works like this:

1. Swab is used in the nose or throat.

2. If there is any Covid in the sample, it will trigger the polymerase chain reaction. There are no false positives because if there is no Covid, the reaction physically can't happen.

3. RNA of the virus is converted to DNA before they examine the results.

4. Seeing that the chain reaction has happened, and examining the DNA determines the person had Covid in their system.

The thing is with these tests though, is that they are so sensitive that pretty much ANY amount of Covid will trigger a positive. That means you could use that swab on a doorknob that someone who carries Covid touched recently and that doorknob may very well test positive. Obviously the doorknob is not infected.

From this, you can deduce something very important. There is an assumption made every time someone is found to be 'Covid positive'. It is assumed that because any amount of Covid is in their system, that they must be infected by it.

This would explain why so many people are 'asymptomatic'. It could just as accurately be said that they may not even be infected at all, but rather be 'carriers' of the disease.

This isn't to 'debunk' anything per se, but just to say that most reporting on this virus, including from the scientists who study this, is very misleading, or otherwise simplified too much.

I call it 'the illusion of a super contagious virus' because being a carrier doesn't even necessarily mean you'll spread it to other people, in the event you only have a very small amount in your system. And if you do spread it, you're bound to make other people into 'carriers'. All carriers have some probablility (I don't know the odds) of becoming infected. It may be the case that it spreads just as fast as any other disease, but that we're using tests that detect any trace of it anywhere.

For those of you who weren't aware, one of the most common tests used for Covid-19 is a PCR test (polymerase chain reaction). This test is unique in the sense that it cannot have a false positive. Although it can have false negatives, very rarely.

The PCR test works like this:

1. Swab is used in the nose or throat.

2. If there is any Covid in the sample, it will trigger the polymerase chain reaction. There are no false positives because if there is no Covid, the reaction physically can't happen.

3. RNA of the virus is converted to DNA before they examine the results.

4. Seeing that the chain reaction has happened, and examining the DNA determines the person had Covid in their system.

The thing is with these tests though, is that they are so sensitive that pretty much ANY amount of Covid will trigger a positive. That means you could use that swab on a doorknob that someone who carries Covid touched recently and that doorknob may very well test positive. Obviously the doorknob is not infected.

From this, you can deduce something very important. There is an assumption made every time someone is found to be 'Covid positive'. It is assumed that because any amount of Covid is in their system, that they must be infected by it.

This would explain why so many people are 'asymptomatic'. It could just as accurately be said that they may not even be infected at all, but rather be 'carriers' of the disease.

This isn't to 'debunk' anything per se, but just to say that most reporting on this virus, including from the scientists who study this, is very misleading, or otherwise simplified too much.