When I got the Covid test I asked straight out, how many cycles are they using to get a positive result. The two nurses who took my sample looked at me like I had 3 heads. When I got the results by phone call, I asked the PCR cycle number, which should be on the test result. They said that they have no idea. All they get back is a paper that says positive or negative.
Best healthcare system in the world was knocked down several notches in the last couple of years is my guess.
I was aware that, for at least some labs, only the number of positive and the number of negative PCR tests were sent back to whoever sent the test samples to the lab. I do hope that the lab at least had to keep records about the number of cycles. Because of the disgusting way that our government has not fully informed the public, I will not be surprised if the data was not even retained.