In the argument that they used, they claimed that Kary Mullis said that the PCR test was not designed to detect infectious diseases. When I pointed out that they were wrong, they offered to show me a video of him saying this, but blocked me so that they were not able to do so.
They made many other claims, but as they have blocked me (they were abusive to me), I cannot counter them. So much for being willing to debate a topic...
And before I go, just a reminder about a few issues.
1 - COVID kills. I have treated people who survived as well as too many who died. A nursing home I am involved in looking after has yet to become full again after COVID killed many of the residents there last year.
2 Face masks save lives. Not just by reducing the risk of spreading it if you have no symptoms, but as seen by those working in healthcare, face masks prevented many from catching this.
3 - Funeral homes were overwhelmed over the wave of infections seen in the last surge of infections. I know as I had to visit a few. One had issues coping despite the increased capacity that they had built.
4 - People with no symptoms can spread COVID. We saw that with the super spreader event held by President Trump last year.
5 - Just because Boris is to drop restrictions, this does not mean that we can act like we did in 2019. The Indian Variant may cause havoc here and unless we act to flatten the curve, our hospitals may be under pressure again like they were this winter when our local hospital were limited to life and death operations only. Another surge like that will kill many and lengthen waiting lists again.
