The CDC will end the Emergency Use Authorization for the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 on December 31, 2021. This alert was issued to give labs time to find other tests to use.
CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses. Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season.
The RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is designed to detect only that one virus. The CDC is recommending that labs use tests that can detect and differentiate the various viruses that are expected to be active next flu season.
There are viral messages going around saying that this CDC lab alert admits that the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 also tests positive for the common cold. I do not see that in this message. If false positives for SARS-CoV-2 due to detecting the common cold instead was the real problem, it would make more sense to issue a recall as was done for the Innova SARS-CoV-2 Antigen Rapid Qualitative Test. The Innova recall was immediate when it was issued. The end of the EUA for the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is still four months away. Apparently, the CDC believes that the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 is good enough to use until then.
Revoking an EUA implies that the test is still in testing itself. I am not sure that we can deduce from the CDC statement that the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2 failed its test. It simply may be that a better option was found. We may need to look to the FDA to learn more about this since it will be the FDA which will grant final approval to the RT-PCR test for SARS-CoV-2.
I am of the opinion that there is not yet enough information to support the viral message, which is why I suggest caution in considering and sharing it. If the viral message later proves to be true or false as CDC internal emails and memos are revealed, I will modify or remove this caution accordingly.
Proverbs 20:10 (CEV)
Two things the Lord hates
are dishonest scales
and dishonest measures.
- “Bible Gateway Passage: Proverbs 20:10 – Contemporary English Version.” Bible Gateway.
https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Proverbs+20%3A10&version=CEV.
Reference.
What happens on December 31?
What will have been accomplished by then?
Source:
- July 21, 2021. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Laboratory Systems. “Lab Alert: Changes to CDC RT-PCR for SARS-CoV-2 Testing.”
https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Related:
- February 11, 2020. “CDC’s Influenza SARS-CoV-2 Multiplex Assay and Required Supplies.” Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/lab/multiplex.html.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. - January 3, 2022. The PCR Test Was Based On A Computer Model and Lost Its EUA. Reality Check. Runtime: 2:28.
https://odysee.com/@Fingerbob:c/THE-PCR-TEST-WAS-BASED-ON-MIMIC-AND-LOST-IT–x27-S-EMERGENCY-USE-AUTHORIZATION#b.
Video.
Declaring the end of the EUA to be December 31 seems controversial to me. At this current time, the official narrative includes the generation of variants, and we have had another surge in statistics. I choose that word carefully because we know that various means have been implemented to make the statistics say what those “in charge” want them to say, whether or not that message is the truth.