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Sure enough, you, and whomever you initially heard the idea from, have completely misunderstood what was stated. Did you even bother to read the document for yourself, or do you simply believe whatever you're told is the case, as long as it lines up with your already held beliefs? Note that the document is "CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV)Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel;" it's about RT-PCR tests. Note also that this document goes back to 2020.
A RT-PCR test was first developed, or at least announced, in England in January 2020 and rolled out the following month, according to Wikipedia. So, the tests, and others, had been in use for some time (see CDC and HERE), when the CDC decided to do studies to find the limit of detection.
Right on page 3 we have:
"Results are for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is generally detectable in upper and lower respiratory specimens during infection. Positive results are indicative of active infection withSARS-CoV-2 but do not rule out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses. The agent detected may not be the definite cause of disease. Laboratories within the United States and its territories are required to report all results to the appropriate public health authorities."
Clearly, the virus exists, according to the CDC. So, what were they talking about on page 40? It's about "LoD studies determine lowest detectable concentration of 2019-nCoV at which approximately 95%of all (true positive) replicates test positive." That is, when the tests were first being made, in order to make sure they worked and could detect the virus, they had to use something, preferably the virus, but "no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time the test was developed and this study conducted." Note that this was very early on in the pandemic, within the first year.
What it absolutely is not saying is that the virus doesn't exist. That is an utterly ignorant and nonsensical interpretation of what was stated. It just means that at that time, when the LoD was first being studied, no one had, up to that point, developed "quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV." That page then goes on to state what they did use to determine the lower limit of detection. However, even by the end of October 2020, many (hundreds) labs had isolated the virus (HERE).
And, so, the very document that you say states the "CDC admits they have no virus," is the very same "documentation that verifies [my] opinion."
A RT-PCR test was first developed, or at least announced, in England in January 2020 and rolled out the following month, according to Wikipedia. So, the tests, and others, had been in use for some time (see CDC and HERE), when the CDC decided to do studies to find the limit of detection.
Right on page 3 we have:
"Results are for the identification of SARS-CoV-2 RNA. SARS-CoV-2 RNA is generally detectable in upper and lower respiratory specimens during infection. Positive results are indicative of active infection withSARS-CoV-2 but do not rule out bacterial infection or co-infection with other viruses. The agent detected may not be the definite cause of disease. Laboratories within the United States and its territories are required to report all results to the appropriate public health authorities."
Clearly, the virus exists, according to the CDC. So, what were they talking about on page 40? It's about "LoD studies determine lowest detectable concentration of 2019-nCoV at which approximately 95%of all (true positive) replicates test positive." That is, when the tests were first being made, in order to make sure they worked and could detect the virus, they had to use something, preferably the virus, but "no quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV were available for CDC use at the time the test was developed and this study conducted." Note that this was very early on in the pandemic, within the first year.
What it absolutely is not saying is that the virus doesn't exist. That is an utterly ignorant and nonsensical interpretation of what was stated. It just means that at that time, when the LoD was first being studied, no one had, up to that point, developed "quantified virus isolates of the 2019-nCoV." That page then goes on to state what they did use to determine the lower limit of detection. However, even by the end of October 2020, many (hundreds) labs had isolated the virus (HERE).
And, so, the very document that you say states the "CDC admits they have no virus," is the very same "documentation that verifies [my] opinion."