kalm wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 3:05 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 2:07 pm
There’s significant research now showing asymptomatic people aren’t spreaders. But hey PGA, you do you. Fucking retards.
Link?
I don't have a link, but I will talk about two of the variables. The PCR test looks for certain genetic sequences and "viral debris" can meet that requirement.
Do you remember when the experts first said we did not develop immunity? It was because the test was picking up viral debris and multiplying it to cause a false PCR positive. It's why I rail on the test so much. You have more than 28 cycles and the false positive rate jumps quickly.
That is one way someone can be asymptomatic. They don't actually have the active virus, but have the post infection debris that is picked up by the test.
The real bitch is that the PCR test is not followed up with a viral culture. That's where you really prove that a person has COVID. If you can take the sample, and grow the virus in a culture, it definitively proves you have the virus and not debris. Keep the cycle threshold down and the PCR then performs well.
Plus, you can still "have" COVID, but your body is beating it back enough you aren't displaying symptoms. It essentially doesn't cross a certain threshold for someone to spread the disease or show symptoms. Look at kids. They totally destroy COVID and it is proven they are not a vector for the disease.
This is the other way someone can be asymptomatic.