Comments by "Hobbs" (@hobbso8508) on "US records nearly 100K new COVID-19 cases for 4 days straight l GMA" video.

@uhavenosushi That was never the intent of flattening the curve. The whole point was to stop hospitals from getting overrun, like they are right now in Florida. Nobody said anything about reducing total infections.
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@suzannemartin6817 "they weren’t designed to test for Covid" The tests they are using are designed to specifically test for covid. "they can’t delineate between Cov, the flu or anything else" Well they can, insofar as they can detect covid, and cannot detect the flu or anything else. "they are being recalled because of that" No, they aren't. The CDC said they want to switch to a test that can detect both flu and covid, and can differentiate between the two, on the same test to negate the need for testing people for covid and flu separately. They mainly did this with flu season coming up and restrictions being lighter, meaning flu is more likely this year than last year. They aren't recalling tests. "the powers that be are allowing their use to continue for the rest of the year" Because they work. This should have been your first clue.
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That's what flattening the curve is.
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They're like halfway through the alphabet so another dozen left to go.
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The inventor died before covid-19 so he wouldn't have any comments on the current PCR tests. And sure, he said that if you run too many cycles you can find anything (specifically if there is even a single strain of something you are increasing the amount of, not of nothing at all), but scientists know that and therefore don't run too many cycles. It's not complicated.
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Who said they don't work?
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@suzannemartin6817 "I was talking about the PCR tests." So was I. "They were not designed to test for cov" The test they are using is literally designed to test for covid. It's called the 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel. That is EXACTLY what it tests for, and nothing else. "They were not designed to test for cov and cannot distinguish between flu or cov." No PCR test on the planet can do this because PCR tests look for 1 thing and 1 thing only. Being able to distinguish would require them to be able to test for 2 things. They test for covid and NOT the flu. This is why the CDC is asking medical facilities to switch to a test that can see both. They are worried about flu increases and don't want to waste lab time by making people use 2 separate tests. "So they are under a recall." No, they aren't. If they were being recalled they would, you know, actually recall and replace them, not give people to the end of the year. "But they drove this entire thing so who knows how many people actually did not have cov but told they did." False positives on a PCR test are astronomically rare, and they will double test you if they see a positive anyway, making it virtually impossible to happen. "My niece’s husband was really sick last year. His cov test came back negative but they treated it like a false negative." They were having issues with false negatives due to the low number of cycles being used. They were having a hard time seeing people who either were just starting to get symptoms or are almost recovered. They changed the test to make it able to view lower viral loads, leading to less false negatives. Comparing false negatives to false positives and trying to use it as proof of what you are claiming is just stupid. Yes, it is possible that your niece's husband had the flu, or some other viral infection. Since the test came back negative they don't end up on the stats anyway. Were they retested for covid?
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@uhavenosushi It doesn't change, you just never paid attention. Here is an explanation from April last year: https://www.adventhealth.com/blog/covid-19-what-does-it-really-mean-flatten-curve#:~:text=To%20avoid%20overloading%20our%20community's,curve%20on%20the%20chart.
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@newguy9554 You really think hospitals getting overwhelmed with people dying of covid would have been better for the economy in the long run?
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@Michael Ward Well considering Zeta is only the 6th letter of the Greek alphabet, and we're already talking about Lambda in some places, I think it's because it already exists.
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