#Youtube hell in the pacific series#

Some four-minutes, ten-seconds into video Dr Bailey states: вЂњThe PCR test is supposed to be used as a diagnostic test not as a screening testвЂќ and equates the positive results of cases of asymptomatic Covid-19 carriers with allegedly вЂњinappropriateвЂќ use of the PCR test. Can a diagnostic test be used as a screening test? Mackay from DNature Diagnostics also said вЂњthe qPCR testing methodology in use for Covid-19 is the gold standard for many respiratory viruses, bacteria and other pathogensвЂќ.

вЂњThe reality at the moment is that there are very few labs doing it and itвЂ™s only a partial comparison, because there are lots of false negatives.вЂќ The one test that scientists could compare the PCR to is the culture test, where the virus is grown in a lab eliciting very few false positives, but even that has its problems, ProfessorВ Murdoch added. вЂњThatвЂ™s the inherent problem with PCR tests, whether it is Covid-19В or anything else how do you know how good it is when itвЂ™s the best one,вЂќ he said. The problem is once you have the best test, what do you compare the best test to. вЂњWe typically say a gold standard is the gold-plated reference standard that we can compare every other test to. Professor David Murdoch, microbiologist and Dean at the University of Otago campus in Christchurch, told AFP in an email that while there is no вЂњreal gold standardвЂќ the Covid-19 PCR test could be considered вЂњas nearly the gold standardвЂќ. Positive results are confirmed with multiple independent PCR tests to confirm the positive result is due to SARS-2-CoV,вЂќ Mackay said in aВ September 11 email.Д¬omparing the Covid-19 PCR test used in New Zealand to the вЂ gold standard вЂ™ testДЄt the video's three-minute, forty-second mark, Bailey then claimsВ that вЂњthe PCR test has never been compared to a gold standard, because there is none for Covid-19, and that makes interpreting the accuracy of positive and negative results problematic.вЂќ вЂњIt tests for and detects specific RNA sequences to the virus. John Mackay, technical director of testing and diagnostics company DNature Diagnostics, also told AFP via email вЂњthe PCR test does test for the virusвЂќ. вЂњThe test looks for RNA sequences that are present in the SARS-CoV-2 virus (Covid-19 virus) which are not present in other viruses known to infect humans,вЂќ he said in a September 11 email. Thomas Lumley, professor of biostatistics at the University of Auckland told AFP in an email the genetic material the Covid-19 PCR tests for is вЂњof known significanceвЂќ. Does the Covid-19 PCR test for genetic material вЂwe donвЂ™t know the significance of вЂ™?ДЄround the video's three-minute, thirty-second markВ Bailey says вЂњthere are major problems with this diagnostic test, in that it doesnвЂ™t test for the virus, it tests for a piece of genetic material that we donвЂ™t know the significance ofвЂќ. The claims made in the video by Dr Bailey are also misleading. The YouTube link has been interacted with on Facebook over 5,800 times after being posted by the Advance New Zealand and New Zealand Public Party (NZPP)В page, here.ДЄFP Factcheck has previously found claims made byВ NZPP leader Billy Te Kahika to be misleading, and showed that one of the joint Advance NZ/NZPP election campaign videos used misleadingly edited parliamentary footage.

The video making claims about PCR testing in New Zealand was originally posted to YouTube hereВ on September 2, 2020. Sam Bailey which has over 90,000 subscribers.

#Youtube hell in the pacific series#

Over the duration of the seven minute video doctorВ Samantha Bailey makes a number of claims about the Covid-19 PCR test the claims have been broken downВ below.Дr Bailey has featured on the TVNZ-1 series The Checkup and runs her own YouTube channel called Dr. A screenshot of the video, taken September 11, 2020.