Do you think Covid tests can show false negatives? Many people have the symptoms but their test are negative as well as flu, strep and mono being negative. Is Covid now just a cold?

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Yes! My facility sent in an unused kit and it came back positive.

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COVID is NOT just a cold but symptoms are greatly reduced with every vaccine/booster. Yes, there can be false negatives and false positives.. take another test. PCR are more accurate than antigen. PCR is actually sent to a lab.

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Yes a lot of false negatives, usually because they tested when the viral load is low, like in the first 3 days of symptoms. Day 5 is best.

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Or they tested with an expired test!

There are a lot of "Flu-like virus" diagnoses going around right now. Short answer, they don't know what it is since everything is pinging negative.

Yes they can definitely show false negatives. I had a friend who took one at home and it said negative but she was so sick that she went to Urgent Care and turns out she had Covid. So I would say yes they can produce false negatives.

Yes. Very frequently. I tested 6 times. Pcr lab test first. Then several home tests spread out 24 to 48 hrs. 5th home test positive. By then I lost my voice completely!

Oh my god yes. Do not trust a single negative test because the rate of asymptotic infections just keeps rising. Im imunocompromised and covid is still a huge issue for me​, and developing long covid has reduced my capacity to work as many hours as i used to and its not worth it. (Went from being able to work a 60 hour week to barely being able to do a 20 hour)

Ive found that what works best for me to be sure im not covid positive is when is to take 2 tests across 48/36 hours, along with generally implementing other mitigations (masking, using CPC mouthwash, xylitol nasal spray, ect)

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