Originally posted by Gps4life
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Everybody knows the difference between the result of a test and the reality, thank you.
That being said, even with a somewhat bad test like the PCR, you can still compare difference between different locations (relative infection), and you can still have a good idea to where the virus is the more active.
Keep in mind the problem is not really the number of cases (which obviously is not very precise and doesn't matter that much). The (main?) problem is the number of people in hospitals.
When the hospitals are saturated is when you have the more deaths. A spike in positive PCR test is helpful to anticipate a spike in admissions in hospitals.
So, if you don't trust the PCR test, you just have to watch what happens in hospitals some weeks later. As usual, good usage of the data is key.
I will tell it again, mRNA vaccines are not new, first tests were conducted in the 1990s (30 years ago). I am not telling that there is no risk, but there is no need to be alarmist either.
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