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Ron DeSantis: “Some of these lab based PCR tests, as we've seen, they can…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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10/6/2020 Governor Ron DeSantis Holds COVID-19 Press Conference in The Villages

Published | Video Starts at 25:34

And if you're positive on this, then you can know that not only have you been infected, but you're actually carrying the virus at that point. Some of these lab based PCR tests, as we've seen, they can pick up the dead viral fragments for weeks, sometimes months after the infection. Well, that's a problem because then you may have been infected two months ago. You pop positive and then you got a quarantine for two weeks. (25:34–25:44)

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Asserts that PCR tests can detect dead viral fragments long after infection.

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