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Covid-19 PCR test protocol is being challenged by 22 scientists

by mhkool on 12/1/20, 3:17 PM with 2 comments

• by lbeltrame on 12/1/20, 3:41 PM

  Some of the criticisms look... odd. In particular, why just Primer-BLAST of all to check the primer sequences?

  There are other tools out there for that kind of calculation, and to make sure it weren't an algorithm-specific problem they should also have used others.

• by mhkool on 12/1/20, 3:28 PM

  The link is to a retraction paper that was submitted last Wednesday. If the paper is accepted there will no longer be a covid-19 PCR test.