It’s Just Dead Nucleotides. Period.

If you get a cycle threshold of 35 or more, the chances of it being replication competent are minuscule.

“You almost never can culture virus from a 37 threshold cycle”

“If somebody does come in with 37, 38, even 36, you gotta say, you know, it’s just, it’s just
Dead nucleotides. Period.”
~Dr Fauci on microbe.tv

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