claim: coronavirus, «chiedete per quale virus vi fanno i test»: il post facebook ingannevole che inculca il dubbio
summary: some facebook posts in italy were shared several times and went viral, suggesting that pcr tests detect positivity with respect to all types of coronavirus and not just sars-cov-2, inviting people to ask healthcare workers for which virus they're positive and underlining that there is some kind of ongoing positive. this is untrue, however, as people positive to covid-19 are clearly told "for which virus" they're positive.
subject_description: suggestion that pcr test results are not only positive in presence of the new coronavirus, but would be positive also for other types of coronavirus
Motive_Description: criticize the healthcare system and undermine its authority, by suggesting pcr tests fail to actually detect covid-19
author_description: domenico biscardi
keywords: coronavirus, italy, pcr test, influenza, positive, results