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chia

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3. My married son and I both got sick within a day of each other and we'd been together two days before.

Reply to intrepidity (Original post)

Fri Aug 23, 2024, 05:32 PM

Aug 23

I took a Covid test and gave him my extra test. It was expired by about 9 months. My result was positive, his was negative.

Now I know that doesn't mean squat. It's not scientific. But either we both had Covid and one test worked and one didn't (same box) or we both didn't and one test worked and one didn't, or I had Covid and he didn't. There's no way to know!

But that's my experience, for what it's worth, which isn't much. I'm pretty sure I had Covid. It would be my second time.

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Re: expired Covid test kits and false positives [View all] intrepidity Aug 23 OP

Why do you think a false positive error is Voltaire2 Aug 23 #1

Because a false negative could happen because intrepidity Aug 23 #2

You're assuming degradation always results Voltaire2 Aug 23 #4

My married son and I both got sick within a day of each other and we'd been together two days before. chia Aug 23 #3

A false positive is very unlikely, especially if you have symptoms. subterranean Aug 23 #5

That's my thinking too intrepidity Aug 23 #8

The expiration dates of many tests drmeow Aug 23 #6

My doctor told me there are no false positives MotownPgh Aug 23 #7

Makes sense to me intrepidity Aug 23 #9

Compliance truddy777 Oct 25 #10