Okay, so then is there a certain multiplication factor for each cycle? Does each cycle double the concentration? Triple? x10? Or is it random each time? Is there any way for a layman to determine how much the initial sample was magnified based on the number of cycles without having access to the standard curve data to compare it against?
A more relevant question is what the PCR tests for. They test for 18 character sequences that they think are unique. These sequences have turned out not to be unique in many circumstances. For instance the WHO reference test 18 character sequence is on human chromosome 8. Also the any number of coronovirus that share the same sequence. Without the testing reference data from each test manufacturer we could be testing for something is in every human. So stupid. It is important to understand that they are not directly testing for a virus. And we cannot know what small sequences they are testing for if they do not publish it.
Okay, so then is there a certain multiplication factor for each cycle? Does each cycle double the concentration? Triple? x10? Or is it random each time? Is there any way for a layman to determine how much the initial sample was magnified based on the number of cycles without having access to the standard curve data to compare it against?
It doubles each cycle
A more relevant question is what the PCR tests for. They test for 18 character sequences that they think are unique. These sequences have turned out not to be unique in many circumstances. For instance the WHO reference test 18 character sequence is on human chromosome 8. Also the any number of coronovirus that share the same sequence. Without the testing reference data from each test manufacturer we could be testing for something is in every human. So stupid. It is important to understand that they are not directly testing for a virus. And we cannot know what small sequences they are testing for if they do not publish it.