And you know absolutely that it is happening because they’re taking tests again and again waiting for you to produce a negative read. So my guess would be maybe 5-10 tests until you prove a negative.
It’ll depend on the cycle threshold the lab is using.
In my neck of the woods, you can’t get that info. Not from your doc, the lab.
You also can’t get therapeutics if you test positive unless you’re a “high risk patient”, at least not at any of the health systems in my area.
Explain that one, too.
I hate NYS.
It might also depend on the PCR test being used. Viral debris might clear more quickly from a saliva sample than the up the nose test.
If so, which type of test being used can also mess with the case count.
And then there’s the use of the word case.
They’re including asymptomatic positives as cases.
This was NEVER about public health.