“I just read the WHO revised guidance and I don’t see where they directly mention a reduction in the cycle count.“
They say to go with the way pcr was meant to be used. Which means diagnostic only and a replication rate around 20. In the 40’s during Trump time.
So you are technically correct, they do not say to reduce but they do say to use manufacturers methods which is never above 20 iirc.
Okay, and along those lines I see the article links to a tweet where the WHO does directly talk about false positives from a high cycle count. Interestingly the tweet has been deleted.