Exactly. The testing places know that the results are false positives but don't want to get sued if they call an RT-PCR test "negative" that another place might call "positive" as there is no standard cutofff.
Since an infectious exposure is around 1000 virions, that equates to somewhere around 20-25 cycles, thus anything over 30 cycles is easily false positive.
Could I get a source as to where you’re getting that 1000 virion/20-25 cycle number?
A false positive means that the test is positive when you’re not infected at all (I.e. 0 RNA fragments). It doesn’t mean there was a small amount of RNA that lead to an asymptomatic infection.
it's scientifically proven at this point (excessive PCR cycles)
Exactly. The testing places know that the results are false positives but don't want to get sued if they call an RT-PCR test "negative" that another place might call "positive" as there is no standard cutofff.
Since an infectious exposure is around 1000 virions, that equates to somewhere around 20-25 cycles, thus anything over 30 cycles is easily false positive.
Could I get a source as to where you’re getting that 1000 virion/20-25 cycle number?
A false positive means that the test is positive when you’re not infected at all (I.e. 0 RNA fragments). It doesn’t mean there was a small amount of RNA that lead to an asymptomatic infection.