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by blywi 1790 days ago
This WHO statement has been widely misinterpreted, is is not the case that PCR tests were resulting in inflated numbers of false positives, see Reuters fact check [1] from February 4, 2021, and [2] from April 8, 2021.

[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-who-instruction... [2] https://www.reuters.com/article/factcheck-who-pcr-idUSL1N2M1...

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“The WHO information notice is not a retraction; rather, it is a clarification for laboratory professionals on how to interpret PCR results.”

Why would WHO feel the need to tell people to read the operating manuals closely? I’m sure its not because the accuracy was too high.