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Ron DeSantis: “PCR tests are doing the live virus.”

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7/31/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds Press Conference at the State Emergency Operations Center

Published July 31, 2020 | Video Starts at 07:14

And we do know now more than we probably did a couple months ago, the extent to which these PCR tests are doing the live virus. We're also working on the turnaround time. So we've been able to do some symptomatic lanes, really focusing on those folks working with labs. (07:14–07:18)

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