Podcast Episode #21 - Kevin McKernan on PCR Tests for COVID Diagnosis

In this episode, Robert Fojo welcomes guest Kevin McKernan, the Chief Science Officer and Founder of Medicinal Genomics, a life sciences and biotechnology company that distributes genetics-based platforms for quality and safety testing of legal cannabis. Mr. McKernan has over 25 years of experience with PCR and genomics technology. Among the topics discussed: the PCR test, how it is used, how and why it's unreliable for diagnosing COVID cases, why governments relied on it to diagnose COVID and drive public health responses during the pandemic, and whether a different testing approach could have been used and whether it would have made any difference.