claim: según gollán, un estudio publicado en nature dice que “los pacientes asintomáticos tienen bajísima o casi nula capacidad de contagio”
summary: the argentine politician incorrectly interperts an article from the magazine nature suggesting that asymptomatic individuals with coronavirus are not contagious. the study the study tested more than 10 million people in china, including only 300 people who had a positive pcr and who did not show symptoms. additionally, 1,174 close contacts were tested and all were negative. however, the article does not conclude that the virus cannot be transmitted this way and that its results are not transferable.
subject_description: asymptomatic patients are not contagious and therefore negative pcr tests should not be required to enter the buenos aires province.
Motive_Description: gollan makes people have a false sense of security and take lesser measures if they are not exposing symptoms.
author_description: daniel gollán
keywords: coronavirus, pcr, travel, asymptomatic