CDC Quietly Withdraws PCR Covid Tests, Admits They Cannot Differentiate Flu From Covid
(www.cdc.gov)https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test. CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.
Translation: Labs, please stop using the PCR tests to test for Covid. Turns out they can't tell Covid from the Flu. Use some other tests instead. BTW, we haven't verified that those work any better, so you're on your own there too.
Withdrawal notice sent out to labs 7/21/2021, but won't take full effect until 12/31/2021. Labs can continue to use these tests until then, and report "new cases" of Covid based on them.
These are the tests that were used since February 2020.
These are the tests that were used to sell the notion that there is a pandemic at all.
Not a peep about it in globalist media, that I've seen.
