no, it won't.

What hospital do you run?

Actually, it would due to the decrease in false positives.

What is or might be objectively verifiable could not make less difference with anything related to the political reaction to the 'ro.

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I linked above where the WHO changed what would constitute a positive COVID test. Are you saying the medical center isn't following WHO guidelines?

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Correct. You have not provided any evidence that the DHS or the TMC have updated their protocols or definition of confirmed cases to match the tweet of some supposed WHO guidelines. When you click on the WHO link in the tweet it does not go to a valid web page for the WHO.

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Here is the updated guideline: https://www.who.int/news/item/20-01-2021-who-information-notice-for-ivd-users-2020-05

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Users of IVDs must read and follow the IFU carefully to determine if manual adjustment of the PCR positivity threshold is recommended by the manufacturer.

WHO guidance Diagnostic testing for SARS-CoV-2 states that careful interpretation of weak positive results is needed (1). The cycle threshold (Ct) needed to detect virus is inversely proportional to the patient's viral load. Where test results do not correspond with the clinical presentation, a new specimen should be taken and retested using the same or different NAT technology.

WHO reminds IVD users that disease prevalence alters the predictive value of test results; as disease prevalence decreases, the risk of false positive increases (2). This means that the probability that a person who has a positive result (SARS-CoV-2 detected) is truly infected with SARS-CoV-2 decreases as prevalence decreases, irrespective of the claimed specificity.

Most PCR assays are indicated as an aid for diagnosis, therefore, health care providers must consider any result in combination with timing of sampling, specimen type, assay specifics, clinical observations, patient history, confirmed status of any contacts, and epidemiological information.

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Not a doctor, but I read that as saying do not rely on 1 positive PCR test to indicate COVID positive. A 2nd is needed, especially if someone is showing no symptoms.

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So again, do you have any evidence that the DHS or TMC have altered their definition to change the metrics?

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Nope. Just thinking logically and seeing how guidelines quietly changed moments after the dems took 100% control of COVID and the mysterious drops in the numbers that we're seeing weeks after, even though we're all still doing the same things we were prior to the changes. Could the vaccine also play a part of it? Possibly, but I don't think it would have a huge impact this soon.

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1/4 of the population or so has received at least one of the vaccines, and they're sticking something like 17k a day.

If they keep vaccinating 5% of the population per week, this **** can't go on too much longer, can it?

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I don't disagree with your overall point, but where are you seeing that a quarter of the population has received one dose? The data I see shows Texas at under 9% for one dose, and under 3% for both doses, updated yesterday. The most populous states are around 9% single dose. That will still have a huge impact though as virtually all of the high risk individuals will have been vaccinated very soon.

https://ourworldindata.org/us-states-vaccinations

right...it's more like a quarter of a quarter

Yeah it's nowhere near 25%, but when the J&J vaccine comes out next month, we should see a significant ramp up in vaccinations per day (assuming they have actually worked through supply chain issues, which may not be true)

Are the main issues the temp requirements for the current one?

By summer we will have everyone vaccinated who wants to be vaccinated.

The Biden goal of "100 million vaccines in 100 days" was the equivalent of kicking an extra point in a spring game.

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Teaches are our heroes. If you can spell this its becasue of them.

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FIFY

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Are the main issues the temp requirements for the current one?

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I think that's part of it, but also it's a new(er) type of vaccine and so I doubt they have as much infrastructure to manufacture in place, whereas the J&J one is the older tech that should be much easier to make in mass

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1/4 of the population or so has received at least one of the vaccines, and they're sticking something like 17k a day.

If they keep vaccinating 5% of the population per week, this **** can't go on too much longer, can it?

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I don't disagree with your overall point, but where are you seeing that a quarter of the population has received one dose? The data I see shows Texas at under 9% for one dose, and under 3% for both doses, updated yesterday. The most populous states are around 9% single dose. That will still have a huge impact though as virtually all of the high risk individuals will have been vaccinated very soon.

https://ourworldindata.org/us-states-vaccinations

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Just from sloppy math on the TMC website, speaking of just the Houston area. I believe they show 450k vaccinated

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What hospital do you run?

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I run your mom's hospital.

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So, you're the one that called her to apologize after you tried to push my step-dad out with a case of pneumonia that was killing him, and she fought the to keep him in so hard, that she wound up at the same hospital with a stroke, and only then did you finally started treating the pneumonia and he magically got better? You're that *******?

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Cone is your sock right, has to be?

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Sorry buddy, don't have a sock, nor am I a Branch Covidian. I've stated from the get go in this thread that I thought this was all political, and what's happened in the past month seems to be proving that. Does that mean the virus isn't real or that there haven't been people actually die from it? No. But it doesn't warrant the kind of response we've had.

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What hospital do you run?

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I run your mom's hospital.

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So, you're the one that called her to apologize after you tried to push my step-dad out with a case of pneumonia that was killing him, and she fought the to keep him in so hard, that she wound up at the same hospital with a stroke, and only then did you finally started treating the pneumonia and he magically got better? You're that *******?

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No, I'm the other one. I don't apologize.

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Oh, the other ******* who is OK with people dying because you save a few bucks. Cool.

I read it as his mom owns a hospital and ducks runs it.

hahaha, sorry couldn't help it!

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What hospital do you run?

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I run your mom's hospital.

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So, you're the one that called her to apologize after you tried to push my step-dad out with a case of pneumonia that was killing him, and she fought the to keep him in so hard, that she wound up at the same hospital with a stroke, and only then did you finally started treating the pneumonia and he magically got better? You're that *******?

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No, I'm the other one. I don't apologize.

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Oh, the other ******* who is OK with people dying because you save a few bucks. Cool.

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For what it's worth, I don't think he really runs your mom's hospital. I think he was kidding.

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Your mom goes to college.

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Cone is your sock right, has to be?

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lol don't lump me in with that chach

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That hurts, butty.

Commissioner's Court on going now.
They just stated for the public vaccinations the state has said to stop prioritizing 1a over 1b.

The county will now prioritize older people over younger in scheduling.

Also spoke of reopening libraries since schools are open, but that was shut down.

Houston Health Department, Sly & Lina all starting to pump up the CDC double masking push

F that.

I wish someone had the balls to ask them why and if this means that 1 mask, especially the cloth masks and the way cloth masks are worn, is virtually ineffective.

My takeaway was 1 tight fitting mask (N95 or surgical) or 2 layers if using a cloth mask - i.e. cloth mask with a pocket for a surgical mask or double layer of fabric vs. "nylon" style gators that are one sheer layer.

That said, I will not be changing a damn thing.