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Pupils are using FRUIT JUICE to get false positive Covid test results: Schools warn parents to be 'vigilant'
MailOnline ^ | 25 June 2021 | EMER SCULLY

Posted on 07/26/2021 6:43:10 PM PDT by george76

Droplets of orange juice can break lateral flow tests and show a positive result ..

Viral videos on TikTok have encouraged children across the UK to try the trend..

Schools have warned parents to be 'vigilant' when their children are tested ..

Pupils have been using fruit juice to get false positive Covid-19 test results as schools warn parents to be 'vigilant'.

When droplets of orange juice or fizzy drinks like coca-cola are placed on a lateral flow test it can produce a positive result because the acidity of the drink destroys the antibody proteins in the test.

And although it does not work every time, viral videos on Tik Tok and Instagram have been encouraging children across the UK to try the trick to get out of going to school.

One video seen by MailOnline was captioned 'fed up of going to school? Want to get a positive covid test? Use orange juice'.

Gateacre School in Belle Vale, Liverpool, sent an email to parents yesterday warning them to watch over their children as they take lateral flow Covid tests.

The school warned parents children around the country had discovered a trick for producing a false positive reading.

When droplets of fruit juice or coca-cola are used on the test the high acid level destroys the antibody proteins inside it.

The email read: 'Nationally, some school students have discovered that placing droplets of orange juice or other fruit juice on an LFD test gets a false 'positive' result.

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Headteacher Gareth Jones insisted the message was sent after they were made aware of students in 'other schools in the country' obtaining void or positive results by pouring orange juice onto Covid tests.

He said: 'This practice has been shared on social media channels including TikTok.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; United Kingdom
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To: george76

The kids will beat you every day. X300


21 posted on 07/26/2021 7:45:03 PM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: FoxInSocks

Remember an ink blotter in your shoe? ( Circa 1950).

Kids will be kids.


22 posted on 07/26/2021 8:23:46 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: AndyJackson

Very first thought.


23 posted on 07/26/2021 8:43:21 PM PDT by Nuc 1.1 (Liberals aren't Patriots. Remember 1789! )
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To: george76

So I guess the days of licking your palms and holding the thermometer up to a lightbulb are dead?


24 posted on 07/26/2021 8:48:47 PM PDT by 2CAVTrooper (One Nation, Under Fraud Completely Visible, With Spying and Lying Too All.)
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To: rockinqsranch
Curious as to why Chinese Tik Tok would be encouraging this!?

My sister wrote to me tonight: “China is #1 in math education and the USA is #37.” Maybe the Chinese want us to be #38 or #39.

25 posted on 07/26/2021 8:55:08 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: george76

Ban orange juice


26 posted on 07/26/2021 9:08:04 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: george76

Wasn’t it the president of Uganda that tested a goat and a Mango and they both tested positive. I do know the Poles were testing apples and apple juice and those were coming back positive.


27 posted on 07/26/2021 9:38:29 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes.)
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To: Leaning Right

I have long advocated for common-sense fruit juice controls. This article proves that I have been right all along.

We need a 5 day waiting period on fresh squeezed orange juice.


28 posted on 07/26/2021 11:16:46 PM PDT by Flick Lives (“Today we celebrate the first glorious anniversary of the Information Purification Directives.”)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

What do you think the US would be if you removed one demographic from the statistics?


29 posted on 07/27/2021 2:39:46 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: george76

FakeBook fact checkers say this is false.
So it must be true.


30 posted on 07/27/2021 2:45:10 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: chaosagent

I always shook it down to the desired temperature.


31 posted on 07/27/2021 2:50:02 AM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: gitmo

Audience: Individuals Performing COVID-19 Testing

Level: Laboratory Alert

After December 31, 2021, CDC will withdraw the request to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) of the CDC 2019-Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) Real-Time RT-PCR Diagnostic Panel, the assay first introduced in February 2020 for detection of SARS-CoV-2 only. CDC is providing this advance notice for clinical laboratories to have adequate time to select and implement one of the many FDA-authorized alternatives.

Visit the FDA website for a list of authorized COVID-19 diagnostic methods. For a summary of the performance of FDA-authorized molecular methods with an FDA reference panel, visit this page.

In preparation for this change, CDC recommends clinical laboratories and testing sites that have been using the CDC 2019-nCoV RT-PCR assay select and begin their transition to another FDA-authorized COVID-19 test.

***CDC encourages laboratories to consider adoption of a multiplexed method that can facilitate detection and differentiation of SARS-CoV-2 and influenza viruses.

Such assays can facilitate continued testing for both influenza and SARS-CoV-2 and can save both time and resources as we head into influenza season. Laboratories and testing sites should validate and verify their selected assay within their facility before beginning clinical testing.

https://www.cdc.gov/csels/dls/locs/2021/07-21-2021-lab-alert-Changes_CDC_RT-PCR_SARS-CoV-2_Testing_1.html

They don’t say why they are withdrawing the test, but are encouraging labs to locate and apply for EAU’s for a multiplex test that can differentiate between covid and the flu. According to the lab alert the test used last year should have only detected covid. Sometimes it is what’s not said and found between the lies...lines that is most relevant.


32 posted on 07/27/2021 3:21:10 AM PDT by EBH (Republics are only meant for a good and moral people. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: EEGator

It,would be better, but sure wouldn’t jump to #1


33 posted on 07/27/2021 3:46:43 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Criminal democrats kill babies. Do you think anything else is a problem for them?” ~ joma89)
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To: miserare

What does an ink blotter in your shoe do?


34 posted on 07/27/2021 3:54:24 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam (While the foundations are being destroyed, what are the righteous doing?)
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To: george76

The only tests kids should be getting is a t-cell CoVID antibodies test to see if they have natural immunity. When you have that result, you can sign the ‘fully informed’ release of liability for taking the ‘jab’.


35 posted on 07/27/2021 8:54:40 AM PDT by RideForever (A member of the CoVID control group)
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To: gitmo

Part of the problem was that my mother was a nurse. She knew all the tricks.


36 posted on 07/27/2021 9:08:14 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: Organic Panic

Goat and pawpaw ‘test positive’ for COVID-19 in Tanzania..

https://nypost.com/2020/05/06/faulty-coronavirus-kits-suspected-as-goat-and-fruit-test-positive-in-tanzania/

Pawpaw (fruit), bird, goat, engine oil test positive for coronavirus...

https://pmnewsnigeria.com/2020/05/08/pawpaw-bird-goat-engine-oil-test-positive-for-coronavirus/


37 posted on 07/27/2021 11:28:47 AM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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To: MayflowerMadam

Supposedly, it causes your temperature to rise. I never tried it myself because I loved school.

I heard it from my boy cousins.

Boys were always trying to get off from school.


38 posted on 07/27/2021 12:30:14 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: chaosagent

Did she always have a jab of penicillin handy whenever you got the sniffles?

My friends with doctor dads got this treatment.


39 posted on 07/27/2021 12:31:58 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: EBH

Interesting.

It seems like everything from the CDC about coronavirus is false.


40 posted on 07/27/2021 12:35:28 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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