Internet memes based on hearsay claim that hospital laboratories falsify COVID-19 tests to inflate numbers without evidence
There is no evidence that hospital laboratories have falsified the number of COVID-19 positives. While false-positives can occur, experts agree that they are a rare event. On the contrary, false-negatives are hard to control as they can be due to many different factors. Failing to correctly identify infected people may favor the spreading of the disease and constitute a public health risk.