nit, but it's an actually amplifying the RNA (it's an RNA, not DNA based virus), using RT-PCR (which basically converts the RNA into complementary DNA -- and th

nit, but it's an actually amplifying the RNA (it's an RNA, not DNA based virus), using RT-PCR (which basically converts the RNA into complementary DNA -- and then amplifying DNA) I'm not sure per se what the CDC does, but here's a good overview of a testing method: https://www.broadinstitute.org/files/publications/special/COVID-19%20detection%20(updated).pdf https://www.broadinstitute.org/files/publications/special/CO...