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 ...
In the olden days kids held a thermometer to a lightbulb.
Well there is hope yet for the next generation.
You mean find any means necessary to not have to go to school or work? They are certainly getting plenty of examples of the latter with the adults around them.
The CDC in a ‘Lab Alert’ has admitted that the FDA has dumped all over its junk PCR test because it gives false positives for COVID-19 when the patients actually have been infected the flu
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I have long advocated for common-sense fruit juice controls. This article proves that I have been right all along.
Kids say the darndest things.
Oh crud.
Another reason not to trust COVID case counts.
Curious as to why Chinese Tik Tok would be encouraging this!?
good to know
Me Too! Fruit Juice Violence has killed more people on their death beds then all the gun violence in the world!!
So the test is that easy to hack?
Yeah, but somehow my mother never believed I had a temperature of 140°.
Okay, Dr. Atkins.
Glad I looked again. You’re the only one who gets it.
Get China OUT of your country before it kills you.
China - killing Americans since Korea.
Better than eating Tide Pods, I guess
38 million cases of the flu in 2019-2020. They stopped tracking during the 2020-2021 flu season because there were only a few thousand cases. Weird.
Kids. They’re smart.
After we lined up to the water fountain (bubbla for you Yankees) and pop a green, yellow or red Fizzy Tablet in our mouth...
The uncontrollable expulsion of green/yellow/red would get one sent to the Nurse Station (mid 60's).
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