{"id":104462,"date":"2022-01-20T08:33:54","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=104462"},"modified":"2022-01-20T08:34:14","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T12:34:14","slug":"why-rapid-home-antigen-tests-are-useless-but-will-created-the-illusion-of-a-new-wave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=104462","title":{"rendered":"<b>WHY RAPID HOME ANTIGEN TESTS ARE USELESS BUT WILL CREATED THE ILLUSION OF A NEW WAVE<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->Submitted by Harold Saive<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>The PCR and Rapid Antigen Tests DO NOT have FDA approval. They are released under EUA in &#8220;hopes&#8221; they will be beneficial but the description of the at-home rapid antigen test reveals they are more likely worse than the PCR test they replaced due to an epidemic of PCR false positives.<\/b><br \/>\n<b><br \/>\n<\/b><b>===============<\/b><br \/>\n<b>WARNING:\u00a0 At least one version of the rapid antigen test\u00a0 <\/b><b>(BinaxNOW)<\/b><b> should come with a HAZMAT WARNING.<\/b><br \/>\nA Lethal Drug &#8220;Sodium Azide&#8221; is Included In the new Over The Counter Covid Test Kits (BinaxNOW) under EUA &#8211; <b>Greg Reese Video<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/2020electioncenter.com\/watch?id=61c0b341724c932b860a7175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/2020electioncenter.com\/watch?id%3D61c0b341724c932b860a7175&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642767534275000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1Gljbgc7CoTvx4soOSvmJZ\">https:\/\/2020electioncenter.<wbr \/>com\/watch?id=<wbr \/>61c0b341724c932b860a7175<\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><\/p>\n<p><b>More Info:<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/town-square-news\/c\/_i7fzpgCXWU\/m\/yCqEsk_yBQAJ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/town-square-news\/c\/_i7fzpgCXWU\/m\/yCqEsk_yBQAJ&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642767534275000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0RxkiFRFvlMAiZRz1DwEp-\">https:\/\/groups.google.com\/g\/<wbr \/>town-square-news\/c\/_<wbr \/>i7fzpgCXWU\/m\/yCqEsk_yBQAJ<\/a><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><br \/>\n<b>===============<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Comment:<\/b> Every positive test should be confirmed by a physician <u>before it can be called a positive &#8220;case&#8221;<\/u> but this diagnostic requirement has been waived in order that false positives can drive case numbers far higher than those who actually infected with SARS-CoV-2 as a constellation of symptoms called &#8220;Covid-19&#8221;.\u00a0 Under this scenario, those with no symptoms will be called a &#8220;case&#8221; only because the test reported a <b>false positive after false positive.<br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b><span style=\"font-size: x-large;\">Contradictory and confusing excerpts from &#8220;How Accurate Are At-Home COVID Tests?&#8221; <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PCR tests are generally considered the most accurate type of test.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Rapid tests are less accurate than PCR tests, especially if you test with them when you do not have symptoms.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Where an antigen test is lacking is in testing asymptomatic people.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you tested negative on a rapid home test but still have COVID symptoms, it\u2019s a good idea to have a PCR test done as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PCR testing is the more accurate of the two tests in people with no symptoms, but it\u2019s still possible to test too early with a PCR test.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;PCR testing is recognized as the most accurate type of testing, but it\u2019s not perfect. Sometimes, a person who is sick will continue to test positive even when they are no longer capable of spreading the virus.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><b>Here is the complete detailed description<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/are-at-home-covid-tests-accurate-enough-5210762\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.com\/are-at-home-covid-tests-accurate-enough-5210762&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1642767534276000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2mCRyrIBaBZR-SzubUvE7k\">https:\/\/www.verywellhealth.<wbr \/>com\/are-at-home-covid-tests-<wbr \/>accurate-enough-5210762<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104462"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104462\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104462"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104462"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}