by Cassius K, The Organic Prepper:

An authoritative disguise can be used to try and overpower the logical capabilities of people, as they are being told how to deal with the COVID-19 situation. Facts are being projected out to the world and a collage of predictions and statements being made by figures with larger than life personas. Country to country, the results in a pandemic situation would probably look a whole lot different. We saw draconian measures take place in China. Italy is also desperately trying to contain the spread.

If this gets worse, everybody will be met with a personal choice.

Will they decide for themselves what measures they want to take, what they want to listen to, and who they will believe? Or will they do whatever they are told without following the steps of logic? If a person takes the route of asking “why” at every turn, every time the authorities want them to do something, issues could certainly arise for them.

How do we ascertain the accuracy of a COVID-19 test?

A glaringly obvious question will inevitably be asked by many: how do we know a test for the virus will be accurate?

What if the test is wrong, and somebody is quarantined or forcibly treated when they don’t even have COVID-19? What if the test is wrong and somebody with the virus unknowingly goes out into the world, travels, goes to work, and infects others?

Many would be surprised to learn that flaws exist in virus detection. Some say these are massive flaws, in multiple techniques from ELISA tests to RNA detection.

The ELISA test can give false positives

One simple, standardized test for the detection of a virus is known as the ELISA test, which stands for enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay.

Most cases of the false-positive ELISA tests seem to be a result of technical problems, such as mouth swabs being improperly handled.

However, plenty of stories can be found online about people who were horrified to discover they had diseases such as HPV, HIV, Hepatitis C, West Nile Virus or herpes. Then, eventually, they learned that they were, in fact, clean, shocked by a false result.

One account is described by Stat News:

“Herpes is a lifelong infection, but Lauren had it only for six tumultuous months. Or rather, she believed she did, after a request for sexually transmitted disease testing returned a positive result. But after weeks of Googling, chatting with members of online herpes forums, and reading scientific papers, she asked for a different test, which eventually confirmed her suspicion — her herpes diagnosis was wrong.” (source)

Imagine if you started taking dangerous antiviral drugs as a result of a false-positive ELISA test.

Do authorities have enough trust with the people of their area, to perform COVID-19 tests properly? Will people take it at face value and say “ok, the test says I have it, now I will follow your instructions?”

Will additional testing be required to fully confirm a person is infected? Perhaps the occasional test will be wrong due to mishandling, and it will make people more skeptical. It’s possible that more fundamental problems could exist within the realm of virus detection that is even less understandable to the layperson.

Technically the ELISA test simply detects an antibody response. A specific, detectable antibody is said to be produced when a certain virus infects the body. Are people willing to take the accuracy of this test at face value?

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