11-28-2021, 11:57 AM
(This post was last modified: 11-28-2021, 12:02 PM by ChrisGreene.)
I have been getting very current information on Twitter. Yes, this is weird and dangerous. However, following some well respected people gets you a long way. You can google the names and determine whether they are crackpots or not.Â
For instance, the last tweet from Sandra Ciesek was very interesting. Three common (at least common in Germany) PCR tests can detect Omicron. Apparently PCR is used to detect multiple proteins and the different manufacturers may detect different proteins. (What if the mutation evaded detection by the testing infrastructure?) It seems as though the scientists have been using the slow and difficult genetic sequencing and comparing to PCR results so that they can be sure that PCR does indeed detect Omicron well. Note that the wording is difficult, these PCR tests detect Omicron as Covid, it does not differentiate between Delta and Omicron.
Link:Â https://twitter.com/CiesekSandra/status/...8506034182
I have been following the following (pun intended)
Only Ciesek and Drosten post in German, the rest post in English.
Eric Ding is the most prolific and he referred to the mutation as Nu until the Who named it. He looked up the reports that Omicron is milder and shows that it was cherry picking from something someone wrote. There is no conclusion regarding severity of the disease.
I really hate twitter, but some of the above are following events obsessively so I don't have to.
For instance, the last tweet from Sandra Ciesek was very interesting. Three common (at least common in Germany) PCR tests can detect Omicron. Apparently PCR is used to detect multiple proteins and the different manufacturers may detect different proteins. (What if the mutation evaded detection by the testing infrastructure?) It seems as though the scientists have been using the slow and difficult genetic sequencing and comparing to PCR results so that they can be sure that PCR does indeed detect Omicron well. Note that the wording is difficult, these PCR tests detect Omicron as Covid, it does not differentiate between Delta and Omicron.
Link:Â https://twitter.com/CiesekSandra/status/...8506034182
I have been following the following (pun intended)
- Sandra Ciesek (@CiesekSandra)
- Tom Peakcock (@PeakockFlu)
- Christian Drosten (@c_drosten)
- Eric Feigl-Ding (@DrEric-Ding)
- John Burn-Murdoch (@jburnmurdoch)
Only Ciesek and Drosten post in German, the rest post in English.
Eric Ding is the most prolific and he referred to the mutation as Nu until the Who named it. He looked up the reports that Omicron is milder and shows that it was cherry picking from something someone wrote. There is no conclusion regarding severity of the disease.
I really hate twitter, but some of the above are following events obsessively so I don't have to.