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So many people are getting it, including a lot for the first time who are super careful and wear masks (that i know irl and online). I presumably have it, all the symptoms but haven't tested positive despite being on day 6

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Home tests have a 30% or so false negative rate per test if you do them correctly and you're in a phase where there's enough of the virus for the test to detect. Ideally you want to do like three tests on three consecutive days, and even then there's ~10% chance of getting a false negative.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Wow it sure would be nice if we had another testing method available, maybe PCR. You could even have local pharmacies perform the tests to make sure people have easy access!

I guess I must’ve been the first person to think of that though, otherwise that would be an option right now blob-no-thoughts