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A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless
The Atlantic ^ | JUNE 10, 2022 | Katherine J. Wu

Posted on 06/12/2022 9:52:51 AM PDT by American Number 181269513

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Misleading negatives could hasten the spread of the virus; they could delay treatments premised on a positive test result.

I think that when the virus was designed the ability to avoid a positive test result was built into it to hasten the spread of the virus. The designers of the virus knew this thus, they found that anal swab testing was very accurate so that is what they do. The rest of the world spent years doing nasal and oral swab tests while the virus spread rapidly.

China rolls out anal swab coronavirus test, saying it’s more accurate than throat method

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How did COVID show up in the bathroom of a long-vacant apartment, and what does it mean?

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1 posted on 06/12/2022 9:52:51 AM PDT by American Number 181269513
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To: American Number 181269513

We have a bunch of the kits sitting in the medicine cabinet and none of them are indicating positive results. Weird huh?


2 posted on 06/12/2022 9:57:44 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: American Number 181269513

Just assume you’re going to get it soon and go get that 5th booster /s


3 posted on 06/12/2022 9:57:54 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: American Number 181269513

I had coronavirus 3 weeks ago. I was told that, according to the CDC, I had to quarantine but could go out in public with a mask on after 5 days even though I was positive and after 10 days, I could go out in public without a mask even if I continued to test positive because it might just be antibodies, not the active virus.

What kind of fresh hell...???? THIS is why it doesn’t stop - because they have no idea what they are doing!!!


4 posted on 06/12/2022 10:00:16 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: American Number 181269513

The early cry for testing at the very beginning of this was the scam. Testing companies making bank tons of positive tests after quick interviews. Then the hype for endless vaccines. Hit rock bottom so any positive bleep by Biden can be touted as brilliant.


5 posted on 06/12/2022 10:01:55 AM PDT by cnsmom
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To: American Number 181269513

A lot of times the first sign of Covid is “gastro intestinal upset” for days without many other signs.


6 posted on 06/12/2022 10:07:06 AM PDT by CheshireTheCat ("Forgetting pain is convenient.Remembering it agonizing.But recovering truth is worth the suffering")
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To: American Number 181269513

If there were NO tests, and you started feeling ill, common sense says to restrict contagious contacts and activities. A negative test when you are sick with Something doesn’t mean anything. For that matter, a Positive test means nothing when you are Not sick.

Enjoy being GMO. Gene therapy is not a vaccine, and immunity is not the goal.


7 posted on 06/12/2022 10:08:05 AM PDT by drSteve78 (Je suis Deplorable STILL)
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To: American Number 181269513

Chasing Covid ghosts.

I know people who have tested positive 3 separate times and have been slightly ill from “covid” - after being triple-vaxed.


8 posted on 06/12/2022 10:13:14 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: American Number 181269513

COVID is so meaningless. Now go focus on something meaningful and make sure something like COVID that has less than a 1% mortality rate is never used for tyranny and to destroy our nation again.


9 posted on 06/12/2022 10:13:22 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: American Number 181269513

The home rapid tests can be very deceiving. The second bar that shows up if infected can be so faint that you can barely see it. I got sick, took the home test, the second bar was almost invisible, but I took a photo of it, and showed the doc, and they said it was likely that I had covid, (i knew i likely had it because i got quite sick), so they ordered 2 tests, one rapid, one send out, and both showed infection, so all three tests showed it, but I almost didn’t see the home test result that is how faint it was. Not that knowing meant anything. I wasn’t going anywhere for at least 5 days anyways because of how crappy I felt (I have the luxury of staying home if I want), but having a couple of comorbidities, I was a bit concerned about it, but in reality I could jusy stayed home, not tested, and been fine most likely. My only concern was that I have asthma and copd and emphysema, and a couple,other conditions not lung related- so I wanted to err onmtne side of,caution, little realizing that the med they give you can cause rebound d covid (note I was taking ivermectin and zinc and d and green tea extract at time too so, I likely woulda been fine.)


10 posted on 06/12/2022 10:14:58 AM PDT by Bob434 (.)
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My brother had Covid a month ago and was pretty sick for a few days (O2% of 87 the first night and difficulty breathing). He feels fully cured now but is still testing positive. His doctor told him he might continue to test positive for up to two months, but to ignore it. WTH?! Something’s very wrong here!


11 posted on 06/12/2022 10:17:24 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

My brother had Covid a month ago and was pretty sick for a few days (O2% of 87 the first night and difficulty breathing). He feels fully cured now but is still testing positive. His doctor told him he might continue to test positive for up to two months, but to ignore it. WTH?! Something’s very wrong here!


12 posted on 06/12/2022 10:17:24 AM PDT by Deo volente ("When we see the image of a baby in the womb, we glimpse the majesty of God's creation." Pres. Trump)
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To: American Number 181269513

“I think that when the virus was designed the ability to avoid a positive test result was built into it to hasten the spread of the virus. “

LOL! The at-home antigen test doesn’t check for the virus. It looks for molecules on the surface of the virus AFTER the virus has been attacked by the body.

It should only be used if symptoms are present to confirm COVID.


13 posted on 06/12/2022 10:17:36 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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To: Deo volente

See #13


14 posted on 06/12/2022 10:19:00 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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You sound knowledgeable. So, if you contract COVID, should the test indicate you are positive before you are infectious, or after?


15 posted on 06/12/2022 10:21:58 AM PDT by Empire_of_Liberty
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To: American Number 181269513

There are many more false positive covid tests.


16 posted on 06/12/2022 10:22:31 AM PDT by Revel
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Just more kabuki COVID theater to panic the herd of idiots. When a real pandemic hits they will literally die of fear.


17 posted on 06/12/2022 10:22:59 AM PDT by WMarshal (Neocons and leftists are the same species of vicious rat.)
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“I know people who have tested positive 3 separate times and have been slightly ill from “covid” - after being triple-vaxed.”

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I personally know MORE THAN 10. These geniuses still THINK that if they get more booster shots, they’ll be invincible. 3 of them got COVID every 6 months AFTER the booster. I dont get mad anymore because I believe in thinning the herd. Let them kick the bucket..


18 posted on 06/12/2022 10:23:26 AM PDT by max americana (Fired leftards at work since 2018 at every election just to see them cry. I hate them all.)
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To: American Number 181269513
The "experts" lie: Masks do absolutely nothing to prevent catching, spreading and getting sick from the Fauci Flu. Yet the "experts" continue the vicious lie that they do.

The "experts" lie: The mis-named "vaccines" (they're really just fractionally effective therapeutics with significant side effects) do absolutely nothing to prevent catching, spreading and getting sick from the Fauci Flu. Yet the "experts" continue the vicious lie that they do.

The "experts" lie: Fauci Flu tests are unreliable. If you are sick with Fauci Flu-like symptoms get tested. If you're not, why bother?

19 posted on 06/12/2022 10:24:10 AM PDT by glennaro (Live life unbullied and unafraid. Choose to ignore or fight the irrationality that surrounds you.)
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“You sound knowledgeable. So, if you contract COVID, should the test indicate you are positive before you are infectious, or after?”

The test confirms that your body is fighting the virus. If you have the virus and your body has yet to react the test will be negative.

If the affected virus molecules have not migrated to the area of the swab the test will be negative.


20 posted on 06/12/2022 10:27:49 AM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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