Claim: Kary Mullis said: "Anyone can test positive for practically anything with a PCR test, if you run it long enough with PCR if you do it well, you can find almost anything in anybody. It doesn't tell you that you're sick."
Fact-check: PCR inventor Kary Mullis quote doesn't prove the tests are useless - Full Fact
Verdict: kary mullis did not say these words exactly but statements to that effect at an event discussing hiv and aids in 1997. it's not true that you can find 'anything in anybody' using pcr tests. covid-19 pcr tests are very specific.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Grace Rahman
Date published: 2022-01-27T00:00:00