Tidbits for the Thoughtful

I present for your consideration, dear thoughtful reader, the following quotations (roughly translated, with my emphasis) from Dr. Wolfgang Wodarg.

1. Zoonosis-Hypothesis

PCR cannot prove that SARS-CoV2 is new. And the importance of the genetic distance between two types of virus is completely open. For the zoonotic hypothesis of SARS-CoV2, which is important for an increased pathogenicity (no time for adaptation), there is not the slightest proof, only guesswork. 

There is also the question of why > 85% of confirmed cases show no or only mild symptoms in a new pathogen? This suggests that large parts of the population are adapted to the pathogen, which speaks against a new pathogen.

2. Cause of Symptoms

There are a large number of viral pathogens that can cause mild or severe respiratory diseases, such as flu viruses. In all cases, this would have to be verified with PCR, or not, to exclude it. However, if you only look for SARS-CoV2 with PCR, you will only find that or assign SARS-CoV2. It cannot be said whether it is (exclusively) the cause of the respiratory disease. The flu virus continues to exist. You can't tell from the fever or cough what pathogen it was. Molecular diagnosis is difficult. This is also because quantification of the viral load with PCR is very error-prone. The tremendous sensitivity of PCR can amplify even the tiniest amounts, a few viruses per ml. These are amounts that are so small.

(Source: https://www.wodarg.com/2020/03/31/suche-mit-pcr-nach-sars-cov2/)

3. Therapy more deadly than the virus?

In the meantime, largely unnoticed by the public, the test protocols for SARS-CoV2 have been adapted. Obviously, because you already know so much. Right from the start there were doubts about the quality of the PCR tests. That was already the case in China. Mainly because neither RKI nor Dr. Drosten could provide evidence of specificity or sensitivity. 

. . . . 

Now individual laboratories have gone further and only test for "corona viruses", no matter what type. This is a reaction to existing problems and presumably receives more positive results over a longer period of time, since the different virus variants are not always on the move at the same time.

(Source: https://www.wodarg.com/2020/04/17/therapie-t%C3%B6dlicher-als-das-virus/)