Mullis never advocated the PCR as a diagnostic test.
Bull. He appeared regularly in lecture series on the subject alongside other scientists developing diagnostic technologies based on his PCR invention.
https://www.biosearchtech.com/support/videos/pcr-past-present-future-webinar
100% CORRECT.
“It’s [PCR] just a process that’s used to make a whole lot of something out of something. That’s what it is. It doesn’t tell you that you’re sick and it doesn’t tell you that the thing you ended up with really was going to hurt you or anything like that.”
-Kary Mullis