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Ms. Toad

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13. Please do not tout PCR tests as if they are significant for preventing transmission.

Reply to bottomofthehill (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 21, 2021, 10:40 PM

Jan 2021

They are not.

All a negative test, PCR or otherwise means, is that at the moment of the test (not on the day of inauguration) they were negative - to the extent the test was accurate.

It is not an effective means of preventing super-spreader events.

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I don't ask for this kind of help often but a high school buddy [View all] ALBliberal Jan 2021 OP

On GMA ABC this morning dweller Jan 2021 #1

Testing makes absolutely no difference. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #12

There were superspreading events in all the bars where Magats were drowning their tears. Arne Jan 2021 #2

A quick google got me to a dailycaller.com moonscape Jan 2021 #3

It's a typical deflection Midnightwalk Jan 2021 #4

It's alright, he just needs some new tin foil for his hat. marble falls Jan 2021 #5

Not hardly bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #6

Wow great information thank you. ALBliberal Jan 2021 #10

Please do not tout PCR tests as if they are significant for preventing transmission. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #13

Yes but, when bringing people together it is much safer to have them tested than not bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #16

Testing is very effective as part of a contact tracing, to inform recent contacts to isolate Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #17

Actually in my post I state the first step was testing bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #18

The OP was expressly talking about failure to follow safety protocols. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #23

Thank you. cwydro Jan 2021 #19

As far as I can tell, 15 minutes is pretty much an arbitrary figure. LisaL Jan 2021 #22

I reviewed and posted the Garth Brooks clip ALBliberal Jan 2021 #7

Not hardly bottomofthehill Jan 2021 #8

Everyone there was tested and clean. Mr. Sparkle Jan 2021 #9

That was Trump's policy. Ms. Toad Jan 2021 #11

The idea that if everyone is tested then it's okey doesn't hold water. LisaL Jan 2021 #20

You want to see an event with no or few masks google photos of Trumps sendoff at Andrews. mackdaddy Jan 2021 #14

I like Garth. Not so music, but he's a good guy. GulfCoast66 Jan 2021 #15

It's only a super spreader event if multiple people start turning covid positive. LisaL Jan 2021 #21