BinaxNow at home test and false positives?

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Anonymous wrote:You chronic testers must have little kids or something. My oldest is in all AP and honors classes and our school has no virtual option. So, if he tests positive, he’s completely screwed.

He’s vaccinated, so no way am I inviting trouble by testing him for a sniffle. Every other parent I know is in the same boat.

You've accepted and adapted to reality. Some of the posters on this board are still living in a "zero covid" fantasy.

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I have little kids and I'm not testing for minor symptoms, because our school also has no virtual option-- and even if they did, virtual kindergarten doesn't work at all because it's developmentally inappropriate. My kid is at school with a runny nose right now. I'm very high risk (serious heart condition), and I'm a little sniffly too, but I'm not testing myself. Colds are still gonna happen, and I'm vaxxed and boosted. At some point, even the high risk people need to learn to live with this, because we were ALWAYS at more risk than most people from things like flu. That's never going to change.

Wouldn’t you want to get monoclonal antibodies? They need to be given within the first few days of the infection so I’m not sure why you wouldn’t test.

No. I have a cold. I've had colds before during the pandemic. Are you going to run out for monoclonal antibodies every time you sneeze? If I had COVID-specific symptoms, like coughing or shortness of breath or not being able to taste my food, I'd probably test. But I don't have those. I have a runny nose. I'll live.

If I were very high risk (as you claim to be) I would run out for the antibiodies every time I tested positive for Covid (and I would test every time I had cold symptoms). As it is, I’m young and fit with no conditions that increase my risk and don’t test every time I sneeze.

Well, that's the difference between you (who would probably cr*p your pants if you had to live with the condition I live with), and me, with a lifetime of experience being told I'm at high risk from all kinds of things (hot weather, cold weather, salty foods, high altitudes, piercings/ tattoos, travel to countries with lots of endemic diseases... the list goes on and on, and I'd never do anything at all if I avoided every minimal risk). Where am I getting childcare while I just "run out for antibodies"? There are real reasons why people can't just go sit at the hospital all day.

[Anonymous]

I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They don’t give monoclonal antibodies to low risk people. This isn’t Florida. You have to pass a screening and most people don’t qualify.

Not true at all right now. I know several low-risk people who recently got it, including my spouse. The health dept did not ask one screening question only scheduled the appointment and said you need to bring your positive pcr results.

At Inova (VA) you do still have to be high risk. I don’t know of anywhere else in Nova giving the monoclonal antibodies.

Patients who have symptomatic COVID, vaccinated or unvaccinated, are eligible if they have a positive test, have had symptom onset within the past 10 days, and also meet one of the following high risk criteria:

Patients 12 or older who weigh at least 40 kg who have the following risk factors:

Older age (>=65)
Obesity with a BMI of >=25 for adults or BMI >= 85th percentile for children age 12-17
Pregnancy
Chronic kidney disease
Diabetes
Immunosuppressive disease or on immunosuppressive treatment
Cardiovascular disease, including congenital heart disease or hypertension
Chronic lung disease, including, but not limited to, asthma and COPD
Sickle cell disease
Neurodevelopmental disorders (i.e. cerebral palsy) or other conditions that confer medical complexity, such as genetic or metabolic syndromes and severe congenital abnormalities
Having a medical related technological dependence, i.e. tracheostomy, gastrostomy, or positive pressure ventilation
Presence of other medical or non-medical risk factors, including race or ethnicity, that may also confer high risk for severe disease.

And we all learned more than a year ago from the pandemic that a lot of friggin people qualify for high risk based on the BMI alone

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

What was the timing of the tests? And who administered?

Maybe cross contamination from person administering the test?

I’d share all details with a doctor and decide next steps.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

I've heard the FlowFlex tests give a lot of false positives.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

I've heard the FlowFlex tests give a lot of false positives.

Or Ellume— a bunch were recalled because the false positive rate was too high. It says on the website to check the lot number.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

What was the timing of the tests? And who administered?

Maybe cross contamination from person administering the test?

I’d share all details with a doctor and decide next steps.

Same day - positive rapid in the morning negative PCR in the late afternoon.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:I now know 4 people who have gotten positives on an at home rapid test (not Binax brand) followed by negative PCRs. What's the current guidance on this? Doe the positive rapid test administered at home mean more than a negative PCR? I think the PCR is more reliable, correct?

What was the timing of the tests? And who administered?

Maybe cross contamination from person administering the test?

I’d share all details with a doctor and decide next steps.

Same day - positive rapid in the morning negative PCR in the late afternoon.

This happened to DS. According to NY State...any positive is positive. He had to quarantine.