Lies, Damned Lies and Health Statistics – the Deadly Danger of False Positives--Dr Mike Yeadon is the
former CSO and VP, Allergy and Respiratory Research Head with Pfizer Global R&D and co-Founder of Ziarco Pharma Ltd.-from 9-29-2020
"...Its about the testing we do with something called PCR...
I was frankly astonished to realise they’re sometimes used in population screening for diseases – astonished because it is a very exacting technique, prone to invisible errors...
The test cannot distinguish between a living virus and a short strand of RNA from a virus which broke into pieces weeks or months ago....A very long prelude, but necessary.
Part of the ‘project fear’ that is rather too obvious, involving second waves, has been the daily count of
‘cases’. Its important to understand that, according to the infectious disease specialists I’ve spoken to,
the word ‘case’ has to mean more than merely the presence of some foreign organism. It must present signs (things medics notice) and symptoms (things you notice).
And in most so-called cases, those testing positive had no signs or symptoms of illness at all.
...In closing, I wish to note that in the last 40 years alone the UK has had seven official epidemics/pandemics; AIDS, Swine flu, CJD, SARS, MERS, Bird flu as well as annual, seasonal flu.
All were very worrying but schools remained open and the NHS treated everybody and most of the population were unaffected.
...I have explained how a hopelessly-performing diagnostic test has been, and continues to be used, not for diagnosis of disease but, it seems, solely to create fear.
This misuse of power must cease.
All the above costs are on the ledger, too, when weighing up the residual risks to society from COVID-19 and the appropriate actions to take, if any.
Whatever else happens, the test used in Pillar 2 must be immediately withdrawn as it provides no useful information.
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