It was either Trial Site News or Children's Health Defense that said the cycle discrepancy is a misreading of the FDA order. All PCR tests are now supposed to be 28 cycles. Who knows if that's clear to testing outlets though. I haven't read the order myself.

I remember how opaque the Pfizer jab approval was - turned out it only approves "comirnaty" (sp?) which is not even available, and not the Pfizer-BioNTech shot that's on shelves. Took a team of lawyers to figure THAT language out.

In any event, the change in PCR cycles could make a difference for year to year "case" comparisons. Isn't the false positive rate like 80% at 40 cycles? Falls to single digit for 28, if my memory serves (but it doesn't always).