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Originally Posted by Beyond The Wall

PCR test gives many false positives. That is the reason it will NOT be use anymore in December, as per CDC guidelines! The cycle it test at makes all the difference in the world. Range is 10-50. Any above 25 will almost always give a positive result. If you get tested ask what cycle they test at. No one will tell you. Each state is different.
Do your own research ! Don’t depend on news anchors or blogs like this.

I carefully read your post looking for the linky things that tell me where you get your information. Maybe you forgot to include them so please do so for me. I am an avid reader and always willing to learn new material. I am duly warned by you that what appears on this blog is not dependable. Maybe you're the not dependable blogger??

Now the truth. The 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel tests given emergency authorization in the early months of the Covid outbreak are being replaced. You seem to believe that this is because those tests were failures. You are wrong. Those tests are extremely accurate but their emergency use authorization is over at the end of December.

The tests being authorized for ongoing testing involve getting both a Covid result and an influenza result. If you want to see how a link works take your mouse and click over the word HERE

That link will give the real information from the CDC itself on why the EUA for this specific product is ended and why a new test is being supported, and very clearly will tell you that the end of the EUA is not related to any concerns about the performance of the retiring test kits.

From the link for those who don't click thru:

"Was the CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel revoked because it failed its review by FDA?

No. The CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel did not fail a full review and was not revoked by the FDA.

Is CDC retiring the CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel because it has produced inaccurate results?

No. There are no performance concerns with this test. The CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel is a highly accurate test. It has been used to successfully detect SARS-CoV-2 since February 2020.

Since the CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel continues to perform well, CDC will continue to make the design of the primers and probes used in the CDC 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel publicly available on the CDC website. Laboratories and test developers are free to use the design in their own research or diagnostic test."

Do you read that? The material used in the withdrawn kit is still available to be used in updated products, because it works.

For those who want more accurate information click HERE