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Translation: If it requires 40 cycles to return a positive PCR test, it is a false positive and the patient tested is, in point of fact, negative.

A PCR test basically takes bits of DNA, strips it in half, then adds a copy of the half back to both original pieces. So each cycle almost doubles the material that's currently there. If you run 40 cycles, that's two to the power of 40. 2^40

1,099,511,627,776x as much as the original amount. A trillion times as much.

If you happen to have trace amounts of the virus in your nasal cavity, that did its job and blocked the virus from getting in and infecting you, that swab just grabbed it and now you're a "positive" case.

The ChinaVirus is a coronavirus, just like four strains of other coronaviri that are one of several causes of the common cold. Obviously, being in the same group of viri, they'll share a good portion of their DNA makeup. So if you've had a cold recently, you may still have some viral fragments from that in your system, which could be enough DNA for the PCR to pop hot on (for the ChinaVirus).

South Park did a Covid Special. The show was really raunchy, but this clip is perfect for this article.

it is about 30 seconds, and may include a bad word or 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mr_pTptZmo