The Existential Threat of Anti-Christian Nationalism

In the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic—well beyond the initial two weeks to flatten the curve, but in August of 2020—the New York Times reported, in an article entitled “Your Coronavirus Test Is Positive. Maybe It Shouldn’t Be,” on scientists’ worries about the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test. The means by which public health workers and government officials (not to mention journalists) were assessing the spread of the virus was, some feared, too sensitive. People were testing positive who “may be carrying relatively insignificant amounts of the virus.” Results from three states (Massachusetts, New York, and Nevada), the story added, showed that “90 percent of people testing positive carried barely any virus.” In other words, 85% to 90% of people testing positive would have been technically COVID-free if the test’s sensitivity had been recalibrated. Read Full Article »