What Does It Mean To Test Positive?

Many doctors and health officials have openly admitted that the PCR test used to determine an infection with the virus SARS-CoV-2 is quite inaccurate, especially because a "gold standard" was never established before the mass testing began.  According to an article published in May from the British Medical Journal: "No test gives a 100% accurate result; tests need to be evaluated to determine their sensitivity and specificity, ideally by comparison with a "gold standard."  The lack of such a clear-cut "gold standard" for covid-19 makes evaluation of test accuracy challenging."

Despite the uncertainty of the true meaning of a positive test, studies are showing that more people than previously thought are immune to this new coronavirus.  When the pandemic was declared early this year, we were told that this is a new virus, thus naming it the "Novel Coronvirus," so people are not immune.  Fortunately, the data and more recent studies have shown that is not true.  A recent study has shown that up to 60% are immune to the novel coronavirus, from previous exposures to other coronaviri, concluding that "we detected SARS-CoV-2-reactive CD4+ T cells in ~ 40%–60% of unexposed individuals, suggesting crossreactive T cell recognition between circulating ‘‘common cold’’ coronaviruses and SARS-CoV-2."  A very similar finding was found by another study published this month, with the researchers saying, "We knew there was  pre-existing reactivity, and this study provides very strong direct molecular evidence that memory T cell can 'see' sequences that are very similar between common cold coronviruses and SARS-CoV-2."

This explains the findings of vaccine researchers who are trying to find people who have not been previously exposed to the virus.  According to a news report in July: "To their surprise, the researchers identified a much higher-than-anticipated percentage of people who have been infected by the virus but who were asymptomatic.  [Dr Mahdi] said between 50% and 66% of adults who are infected with covid-19 are completely asymptomatic.  In children, this is even higher - around 80% of all children who are infected are asymptomatic."  While this is bad news for the researchers trying to find eligible participants in their vaccine trial, this shows that most people are likely already immune to this virus, even the vast majority that test positive.

Unfortunately, as more and more people are tested, more people will test positive and then labelled as a "case," causing the levels of fear to rise even more.  In my opinion, this fear is not justified, and will only suppress the body's innate ability to stay healthy.  Avoiding the mainstream media will alone help to lessen the fear and allow you to focus on living.

by Dr SJ Nana

DrNana.co.za

References:

• COVID-19 tests are far from perfect, but accuracy isn’t the biggest problem
• British Medical Journal: Interpreting a covid-19 test result
• COVID19 PCR Tests are Scientifically Meaningless
• Open Letter: Refuting Politifact’s “fact check”
• Targets of T Cell Responses to SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus in Humans with COVID-19 Disease and Unexposed Individuals
• Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2
• Selective and cross-reactive SARS-CoV-2 T cell epitopes in unexposed humans
• Vaccine trial reveals “surprising” information about COVID-19 in South Africa
• Coronavirus: Why Everyone Was Wrong. It is Not a “New Virus”. “The Fairy Tale of No Immunity”
• The Ignored Efficiency of the Immune System