Search Result for 'PCR test'

...Either the lateral flow test is more accurate than the PCR test – in which case Liverpool should be released from lockdown tomorrow – or it’s not fit for purpose....

...three coronavirus tests, one after the other: 1.    A PCR test which will be sent to a Government processing centre 2.    A PCR test which will be sent...

...determined to find these cases that they decided to mass test schools without first seeking parental consent. Instead of using swab tests with PCR, a much faster test was used....

...prevalence. I won’t go into details of the PCR tests and their accuracy, which can be found elsewhere. However, I’ll first briefly mention the test sensitivity and specificity. The test...

...that the PCR test is a bad design. 5. Based on the article from January 2020, I investigated which annealing temperature is used in this PCR test. I have explained...

...at least one Lighthouse Lab, two European courts have ruled the PCR test “cannot prove beyond reasonable doubt” whether a person is infectious. Then there is the issue of cycle...

...a pandemic. Perhaps in recognition, at least in part, of the of the unreliability of the PCR test, the Government’s emphasis is switching to the lateral flow test. Sky News...

...of RNA from a virus which broke into pieces weeks or months ago. I believe I have identified a serious, really a fatal flaw in the PCR test used in...

...1. The PCR Test The PCR test for the virus is good enough to confirm infection in someone with symptoms. “Is it flu or is it COVID-19?” is a question...

...of 1% would be very respectable for PCR testing and it is hard to find reports of false positives for PCR at lower rates than this. The UK Government’s own...