"Cola Tests Positive for Covid Live in EU Parliament" Topic
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| Asteroid X | 13 Dec 2020 7:15 p.m. PST |
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 13 Dec 2020 8:59 p.m. PST |
Not sure what that proves, the test was never designed for that. |
| Andrew Walters | 14 Dec 2020 9:40 a.m. PST |
Fair point. It may be that the designers of the test knew that a certain pH would trigger whatever it was that was only supposed to be triggered by the virus. And since human blood or saliva should never have that extreme a pH (unless you *just* drank grapefruit juice) the test could still be useful if used as intended. I don't really trust instant tests for DNA. Testing for the presence of a chemical is one thing, testing for a particular arrangement of genes is something else. I'm not saying I know better than the scientists, if they say it should work then it should work. But it seems like a stretch to me… |
| Martin From Canada | 15 Dec 2020 5:48 a.m. PST |
What's that phrase that wmyers likes to use out of context all the time… something about garbage in, garbage out… |
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