b'Your CoronavirusPCR Test Is Positive You Still MightNot Have COVID-19Exposing Unwelcome Truths about the Deep Flaws of PCR TestingBY GARY G. KOHLS, M.D.N ew Yorks State lab has access to the cycle threshold (Ct) val-ues from the PCR tests they process. Last July, the lab iden-tified 872 positive tests based on a threshold of 40 cycles.If the lab had used a cutoff of 35 cycles, 43% of those tests would have been considered negative. Whats more, if the cycles had been limited to 30, 63 % of the PCR-positive patients would have been justifiably regarded as negative.In testing data that include cycle thresholds, officials in Mas-sachusetts, New York, and Nevada have found that up to 90% of people testing positive carried barely any virus. If that data were extrapolated to nationwide statistics, out of the 45,000 new cases reported by the middle of January 2021, perhaps only 4,500 would actually need to isolate and submit to contact tracing.It is obvious that PCR tests need to be interpreted with caution as they do not reflect a true viral load, infectivity or even conta- PCR cycle threshold (11-37) and positive cell culture (black line, 100% to 0%). The colored bars indicate the number of positive cell cultures per Ct per week giousness. In fact, many times no viable viruses can be culturedafter infection (1 to 3 weeks). (Jafaar/Raoult)in patients with a positive PCR test result. False positive PCR tests abound, resulting in the Centers for Disease Control and Preven- The above chart is from a French research group that has re-tions (CDC) statistics that have been consistently overestimatingcently shown that at a cycle threshold (Ct) of 25, about 70% of na-both the incidence rates and mortality rates related to the currentsopharyngeal samples were viral culture positive (i.e., were infec-pandemic,thusfalselystimulatingthepanicseenamongthetious). At a Ct of 30, only 20% of the samples were culture positive. many people demanding their vaccinations now. And at a Ct of 35, a miniscule 3% of samples remained culture Studies in France, Canada, and Singapore, as reported in thepositive. Above 35, all samples were negative.August 25, 2020 issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases, have tried toThismeansthatapositivePCRtestresultfromacycle culture the COVID-19 virus in patients that had positive PCR testthreshold of 35 or higher virtually guarantees that the chance the results when the number of cycles used in the test exceeded 30.tested person is infectious is less than 3%. On the flip side, the The scientists doing the studies were unable to culture any viruschance that the person received a false positive from the test is in those patients. Since many PCR test kits in the United States97% or higher.use cycle thresholds that are actually greater than 35, there is aThe chart above correlates PCR test positivity (black line) with serious problem with the PCR test, which is considered the goldculture results for the tested virus (colored bars). If more than 30 standard for diagnosing SARS CoV-2. cycles are required to get a PCR-positive test result, the cultures Itisthegeneralconsensus(includingrecentacknowledge- will be consistently negative/sterile, meaning that any positive mentsfromboththeWorldHealthOrganization(WHO)andPCR test that only becomes positive after 30 cycles can be called a CDC) that PCR cycle thresholds above 30 result in increasinglyfalse positive.large false positive test rates that approach 100%. (Note that 30 cy- Many PCR test kits on the market use a PCR Ct that is actu-cles represent a million replications of the RNA particles and 40ally above a useless 35! Those kits will naturally result in large cycles represent a trillion replications.) numbers of false positives that have already corrupted the CDCs If it takes a trillion multiplications of a test before any viraland U.S. Department of Healths COVID-19 statistics, and also the RNA fragments (much less viable viruses) can be identified, youCDCs drive to get people inoculated as rapidly as possible with can be sure there are not enough viral particles to cause a disease. the experimentaland untested for long-term safety and efficacy Below is some information that should help people understand two mRNA vaccines authorized for emergency use in the U.S. why mRNA vaccine hesitancy makes total sense. as of January 2021. It is therefore imperative for patients who take 28 H ealtHF reedomN ews /s priNg2021NHF_Spring_2021_5-13-21-FINAL.indd 28 5/13/21 9:54 AM'