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07-26-2021 05:58 PM |
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Originally Posted by coffeebean
(Post 1978806)
I have no knowledge of immunology or anything else to do with vaccines but, I have always thought these Covid tests are, as you said, overly sensitive and give way too many false positive results.
I've also been reading quite a bit about the fact that testing positive after being fully vaccinated does NOT mean the individual is infected with the virus. All it means is there is some virus that was picked up by the test but the body has not launched its immune response which will be forthcoming to knock out the virus.
GE......is that correct information?
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Pretty much. They might have been tested before the immune system had a chance to confer full immunity. Or the test may be picking up viral fragments from previous exposure or even possibly the spike protein that the vaccine codes for.
This is why I wish the "media" would define a "case". Is this a sick person? Is this a person capable of transmitting the virus? Or is this just a "positive test", and just what does that mean?
And of course this also begs the question----why test any vaccinated individual at all???? If we believe the vaccine is extremely efficacious, there is no need. There is no need for masks or social distancing, but there is a tremendous need to get as many vaccinated as possible
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