this is an interesting story.

uruguay developed its own PCR test and used <35 cycles for detection (1/64th the amplification in the US)

so is this a success in suppressing virus or just a test that does not pick up so many minor/trace infections and has fewer false positives? https://twitter.com/FrankfurtZack/status/1303784617003151361
does anyone have a strong clinical opinion on this test and whether, apart from amplification, it would read differently than those common in the rest of the americas and europe?

how much of global and national variance is literally just a function of what test was used?
the non-comparability of data has been a massive issue in this whole debacle.

is uruguay a policy success story or just a function of a very different test that had different sensitivity and specificity?
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