Just for kicks I watched one video where he claimed Covid-19 didn't in fact exist. I lost track of the number of factual errors misconceptions and half truths he spouted as gospel.
First, he claimed that the virus hadn't been isolated, --- that's a flat out lie, it's been isolated many times, and genetically sequenced thousands of times.
Next he claimed that the RT-PCR test was innacurate, --- that's a half truth, it can lead to false positives in certain circumstances, which is why you need clinical patient history and qualified people to administer the test, there are different versions of the RT-PCR test kit that target different genetic sequences. The rate of false positives is actually very low, and the rate of correct positives is very high, the rate of false negatives can depend on the samples being taken and handled correctly.
He was about to head off into something about 5G, but I'd heard enough BS by then.
People like David Icke, can sound quite convincing, and they throw in enough truth and half-truths to fool the gullible.
The only thing i didnt like was when he said the genetic materials from lung fluid were "amplified". That sounded like the too short version of the story. Could you please explain this part to me?
So next, you says this is a flat out lie that the virus hasnot been isolated. Pls tell me how i can find out about this.
Next, the test itself. You are relaying the test would not return a false positive even though it contains a wide range of genetic material from common illnesses, is this correct?
He claimed the virus had not been isolated. That's a flat out lie.
The virus was isolated fairly early on and has been sequenced. You can follow the details here :-
https://nextstrain.org/ncov/globalI never said the test would not return a false positive, please read and understand what I wrote.
The RT-PCR he refers is described here. It is looking for three specific regions of the virus genetic code.
https://www.fda.gov/media/136151/downloadThe COVID-19 RT-PCR Test is a real-time reverse transcription polymerase chain
reaction (rRT -PCR) test. The test uses three primer and probe sets to detect three regions
in the SARS-CoV-2 nucleocapsid (N) gene and one primer and probe set to detect human
RNase P (RP) in a clinical sample. RNA isolated from upper and lower respiratory
specimens (such as nasopharyngeal or oropharyngeal swabs, sputum, lower respiratory
tract aspirates, bronchoalveolar lavage, and nasopharyngeal wash/aspirate or nasal
aspirate) is reverse transcribed to cDNA and subsequently amplified using Applied
Biosystems QuantStudio7 Flex (QS7) instrument with software version 1.3. During the
amplification process, the probe anneals to a specific target sequence located between the
forward and reverse primers. During the extension phase of the PCR cycle, the 5’
nuclease activity of Taq polymerase degrades the bound probe, causing the reporter dye
(FAM) to separate from the quencher dye (BHQ1), generating a fluorescent signal.
Fluorescence intensity is monitored at each PCR cycle by QS7.