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No Significant Difference in Viral Load Between Vaccinated and Unvaccinated, Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Groups When Infected with SARS-CoV-2 Delta Variant

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This study including a total of 869 samples from two distinct demographic populations in California (Group UeS =500 and Group HYT= 369) were included in the analysis. The results demonstrated there were no statistically significant differences in mean cycle threshold (Ct) values of vaccinated (UeS: 23.1; HYT: 25.5) vs. unvaccinated (UeS: 23.4; HYT: 25.4) samples. The mean …

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FDA issues EUA for saliva test for SARS-co-2

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On August 28, 2021 Yale School of Public Health was granted an emergency use authorization of SalivaDirect for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from SARS-Co-2 for testing saliva collected in a sterile containers from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by healthcare providers or those without symptoms. https://www.fda.gov/media/141194/download

Soft drinks can be misused to give false “false positive” SARS-CoV-2 lateral flow device results

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Fourteen soft drinks were tested and found to give false positive SARS-CoV-2 Lateral flow device results. Daily rapid testing should be performed first thing in the morning, prior to the consumption of any food or drinks. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2021.07.05.21260003v1.full

External peer review of the RTPCR test to detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws at the molecular and methodological level: consequences for false positive results

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This article presents compelling evidence of several scientific inadequacies, errors and flaws in PCR testing demonstrating 10 errors of testing and the scientific and methodological blemishes. https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rainer-Klement/publication/346483715_External_peer_review_of_the_RTPCR_test_to_detect_SARS-CoV-2_reveals_10_major_scientific_flaws_at_the_molecular_and_methodological_level_consequences_for_false_positive_results/links/5fc4922e458515b79789bedd/External-peer-review-of-the-RTPCR-test-to-detect-SARS-CoV-2-reveals-10-major-scientific-flaws-at-the-molecular-and-methodological-level-consequences-for-false-positive-results.pdf?origin=publication_detail

CDC to withdraw RT-PCR Diagnostic Test for Covid-19

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After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the (FDA) (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html