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PCR Basics & Proper Use

What is PCR and how it should be used

This from Dr. Sam Bailey; PCR testing, what it is and how it should be used:

YouTube removed this video, she posted it on Odysee:

https://odysee.com/@drsambailey:c/the-truth-about-pcr-tests:6

Short explanation of PCR testing

Not intended for asymptomatic detectionPCR threshold matter

PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) was invented by Dr. Kary Mullis, a biochemist who won the Nobel Prize for his invention. He maintained that it should not be used to diagnose any disease alone instead be used as a tool for symptomatic diagnosis.

Part of an interview with Kerry Mullis, who unfortunately died suddenly in 2019, just a few months before the pandemic. The full interview can be found here.

This requirement is echoed in the PCR test guidelines provided to the labs by the manufactures; for example:

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1 Comment

  1. Daniel

    The Kary Mullis quote has been fact check a million times. First it was John Lauritsen summarizing Mullis’s views and second he never said any of those specific quotes. Here is the quote in question:

    “PCR is intended to identify substances qualitatively, but by its very nature is unsuited for estimating numbers. Although there is a common misimpression that the viral load tests actually count the number of viruses in the blood, these tests cannot detect free, infectious viruses at all; they can only detect proteins that are believed, in some cases wrongly, to be unique to HIV. The tests can detect genetic sequences of viruses, but not viruses themselves.”

    https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-factcheck-pcr/fact-check-inventor-of-method-used-to-test-for-covid-19-didnt-say-it-cant-be-used-in-virus-detection-idUSKBN24420X

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