The Ranting Patriot

When Joe Biden was voted into office, it was painfully obvious to any honest person that his mental faculties were in steep decline.   But, hey... anyone but Trump and his mean tweets, right?   With the DNC's losing pick for President now in the VP spot, one could posit it would only be a matter of time before Biden was taken down and Harris promoted to the top spot on the world stage. But how long would this take?  Six months?  A year?  Longer?  Or h ow about right, freaking now? Let me lay it out... The pullout from Afghanistan was FUBAR.  End of story.  Pulling out was the right thing to do, but why not evacuate your people a month in advance?  Common sense, right?  Or how about pulling out the billions of dollars in military equipment? Seems doable. Why not make it an easy and peaceful transition while you still control the country?  (As Trump's plan called for.)  But we didn't, and it wasn't. So the real question...

Covid cases in the USA as of 8/21/2021? 38,398,596 But is this a true number?  Have we really had 38 million cases?   According to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control), the Covid 19 Rapid PCR test's sensitivity is rated in "cycles."  Up until late last year, the test ran at 44 cycles - the greater the number, the more sensitive the test - when it should have been run at 35 or fewer cycles.  The Rapid PCR test which - according to the CDC - is the "Gold Standard," does not find an infection, it only finds the spike protein respective to the Covid 19 virus.  At 44 cycles, it can detect the spike protein, but the viral load is likely too small to cause an actual infection or to be passed on to someone else. An infection can only be considered "positive" if discovered at or below the 35 cycle threshold - the lower the number, the heavier the viral load and the more dangerous the infection. From an article in The Tennessean - "A viral test, either th...