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Uploaded by on Sep 7, 2010

Section from House of Numbers Deluxe DVD.

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  • @shaquandajenkins You can't asses accuracy without a Gold Standard. Gallo's crap antibody tests do Not have one. Go read the disclaimers. The direct links are on my channel under the profile pic

    At present (2011) there is no recognized standard for establishing the presence or absence of HIV-1 and HIV-2 antibody in human blood"

    Abbott Laboratories, Diagnostic Division, 66-8805/R5;

  • You are ignorant of the statistical issues behind these tests & why they are not 100% perfect. Look up bayes theorem and, if you can understand it, you will see why there is no holy grail for HIV - and also why there was a huge fight about what year women should start getting mammorgrams (also due to false positives creating more harm than good)... mammorgrams are MUCH less sensitive than the fourth generation ELISA.

  • H1N1 flu vaccinations cause false positive hiv test results up to 4 months after getting the shots - Brazil TV News video at hivquestions - what are the proteins looked for on common drug screening tests? they could be the same proteins as those on the hiv test ...

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