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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 ...


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1 posted on 07/26/2021 6:43:10 PM PDT by george76
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In the olden days kids held a thermometer to a lightbulb.


2 posted on 07/26/2021 6:46:45 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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children around the country had discovered a trick for producing a false positive reading.

Well there is hope yet for the next generation.

3 posted on 07/26/2021 6:50:49 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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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.

4 posted on 07/26/2021 6:53:15 PM PDT by CatOwner (Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021)
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To: FoxInSocks

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

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3979333/posts


5 posted on 07/26/2021 6:53:20 PM PDT by george76 (Ward Churchill : Fake Indian, Fake Scholarship, and Fake Art)
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I have long advocated for common-sense fruit juice controls. This article proves that I have been right all along.


6 posted on 07/26/2021 6:53:50 PM PDT by Leaning Right (I have already previewed or do not wish to preview this composition.)
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Kids say the darndest things.


7 posted on 07/26/2021 6:59:18 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Republican politicans love being in office, Democrat politicians love being in power.)
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Oh crud.

Another reason not to trust COVID case counts.


8 posted on 07/26/2021 7:07:06 PM PDT by the OlLine Rebel (Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Federal-run medical care is as good as state-run DMVs. I )
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Curious as to why Chinese Tik Tok would be encouraging this!?


9 posted on 07/26/2021 7:09:11 PM PDT by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists Call 'em what you will, they all have fairies livin' in their trees)
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good to know


10 posted on 07/26/2021 7:11:41 PM PDT by algore ( )
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I have long advocated for common-sense fruit juice controls.<<

Me Too! Fruit Juice Violence has killed more people on their death beds then all the gun violence in the world!!

11 posted on 07/26/2021 7:15:16 PM PDT by M-cubed (The MSM is now the 4th Branch of Government.....)
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So the test is that easy to hack?


12 posted on 07/26/2021 7:19:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Yeah, but somehow my mother never believed I had a temperature of 140°.


13 posted on 07/26/2021 7:20:20 PM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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Okay, Dr. Atkins.


14 posted on 07/26/2021 7:23:07 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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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.


15 posted on 07/26/2021 7:23:35 PM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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Better than eating Tide Pods, I guess


16 posted on 07/26/2021 7:33:05 PM PDT by Mozzafiato
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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.


17 posted on 07/26/2021 7:34:13 PM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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Kids. They’re smart.


18 posted on 07/26/2021 7:34:44 PM PDT by Democrats hate too much
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"In the olden days..."

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).

19 posted on 07/26/2021 7:39:00 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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20 posted on 07/26/2021 7:39:12 PM PDT by C210N (You can trust government or you can understand history. But you CANNOT do both)
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