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2024-05-30 02:46:07 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 892D3CF2E01CA8FDF5BB6C84E69B7A2A70C406BEA84DEA99789CD331CF5282E7
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Original Note:
This claim is false. PCR has been used successfully for two decades in hospital diagnostics. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7106425/ https://pcrbio.com/applications/qpcr/ False Positive rate for SARS-COV-2 PCR test was measured at <0.005%. https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/conditionsanddiseases/bulletins/coronaviruscovid19infectionsurveypilot/6may2022#test-sensitivity-and-specificity Positive samples were sequenced for variant information, further validating the data. https://www.england.nhs.uk/coronavirus/wp-content/uploads/sites/52/2022/02/C1297-voc-sequencing-faqs_25.05.21.pdf https://www.gov.uk/government/news/uk-exceeds-600000-covid-19-tests-genomically-sequenced
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