Today the WHO is recommending lower cycle counts for PCR tests. This will reduce the number of positive cases.
Vaccination and Joe Biden will be attributed to the change
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This is not new. This is just a reminder of a report from last September, which states the same. They have a link to the report in the reminder.
https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/diagnostic-testing-for-sars-cov-2
"Careful interpretation of weak positive NAAT results is needed, as some of the assays have shown to produce false signals at high Ct values. When test results turn out to be invalid or questionable, the patient should be resampled and retested."