Health board opposes publicizing metric associated with coronavirus tests
Health officials test teachers for the coronavirus at the Libby Elementary School on Oct. 14.
Will Langhorne/The Western News
The Lincoln County Health Board has voted against publicizing cycle thresholds, a metric that some board members argued could provide a more nuanced look at the severity of coronavirus infections but public health experts say can be dangerously misleading when diagnosing patients.
Cycle thresholds refer to the number of cycles required to amplify viral RNA to a detectable level in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) coronavirus tests...
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