Did your child test positive or negative on the rapid test?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:For all those with partially negative partially positive families - it is more common than you think. In the beginning of the pandemic, before vaccines, we had one positive child and one positive parent. The other parent and child were definitely exposed but never got sick. In retrospect, it is clear that the infected child and parent had the closest contact at a critical time. (Pre-symptomatic unmasked car ride together in the 12 hours before 1st symptoms.).

Infected parent slept in same bed with non-infected partner (divorced family) prior to becoming symptomatic and testing positive. Partner never was infected.

What our experience showed me was that household transmission is not a given. I think a lot depends on viral dose exposure (so masking, distance and ventilation helped) and degree of close exposure when someone around you is shedding highly.

We had a second exposure post-vaccination. The infected (and fully vaccinated but pre-boosted stage) person had close contact with a family member who was asymptomatic but infected.

Rapid false negatives are possible because you can be infected with the virus which has not replicated yet to sufficient levels to trigger the rapid positive, but rapid false positives are extremely unlikely, especially in a high prevalence environment.

Don't forget, though, that those earlier strains of the virus were less transmissible than Omicron, or even Delta. If one kid tests positive on a rapid test, people need to keep testing the other family members every couple of days. More recent anecdotes suggest most of the time the rest of the family won't be too far behind, even if they're vaccinated.

And yeah, I hate that term "false negative," because it doesn't necessarily mean the test is defective or anything, it just means you're not infectious enough for that type of test to pick it up yet. "False positives" is probably accurate, though, because those are usually due to contamination of the sample.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One child tested negative and one child tested positive. Took the one who tested negative to the pediatrician for PCR test and it was negative. I am now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive.

Wait, what? I'm lost.

Child A: negative rapid, negative PCR
Child B: positive rapid, no PCR

Yet you are "now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive"? Your last sentence contradicts your first two.

Whatever, you should keep testing the one who tested negative on the rapid test. If one kid tested positive, the other may just not be far enough along in the infection process for it to show up. Not necessarily a "false negative," just not detectable yet.

Yes sorry for the confusion
Yes Child A: Negative take home test from school (Monday), negative rapid at Peditrition office (Tuesday), negative PCR taken Tuesday (results today)
Child B: Positive take-home test from school. (ped said assume it is positive and did not want me to bring in for PCR)

I was wondering if the take-home was a false-positive result. Everyone else in the household had negative rapid and PCR results. No one in the house has any symptoms including Child A.

[Anonymous]

2/2 negatiavea

[Anonymous]

My HS kid still has not received a test. Apparently they were distributed by HR teachers but hers was absent Monday. They told kids to go to some office at HS to get test but that office has been closed when she’s gone by.

[Anonymous]

My kid tested negative with the test sent home on Monday. That day 4% of the students in the school apparently tested positive (not too bad, I think).

Went to school as normal yesterday.

Woke up under the weather today. Positive rapid. Sigh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One child tested negative and one child tested positive. Took the one who tested negative to the pediatrician for PCR test and it was negative. I am now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive.

Wait, what? I'm lost.

Child A: negative rapid, negative PCR
Child B: positive rapid, no PCR

Yet you are "now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive"? Your last sentence contradicts your first two.

Whatever, you should keep testing the one who tested negative on the rapid test. If one kid tested positive, the other may just not be far enough along in the infection process for it to show up. Not necessarily a "false negative," just not detectable yet.

Yes sorry for the confusion
Yes Child A: Negative take home test from school (Monday), negative rapid at Peditrition office (Tuesday), negative PCR taken Tuesday (results today)
Child B: Positive take-home test from school. (ped said assume it is positive and did not want me to bring in for PCR)

I was wondering if the take-home was a false-positive result. Everyone else in the household had negative rapid and PCR results. No one in the house has any symptoms including Child A.

Rapid positives are extremely rare, and usually due to a contaminated sample. Try another rapid test if you’re unsure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:One child tested negative and one child tested positive. Took the one who tested negative to the pediatrician for PCR test and it was negative. I am now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive.

Wait, what? I'm lost.

Child A: negative rapid, negative PCR
Child B: positive rapid, no PCR

Yet you are "now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive"? Your last sentence contradicts your first two.

Whatever, you should keep testing the one who tested negative on the rapid test. If one kid tested positive, the other may just not be far enough along in the infection process for it to show up. Not necessarily a "false negative," just not detectable yet.

Yes sorry for the confusion
Yes Child A: Negative take home test from school (Monday), negative rapid at Peditrition office (Tuesday), negative PCR taken Tuesday (results today)
Child B: Positive take-home test from school. (ped said assume it is positive and did not want me to bring in for PCR)

I was wondering if the take-home was a false-positive result. Everyone else in the household had negative rapid and PCR results. No one in the house has any symptoms including Child A.

Rapid positives are extremely rare, and usually due to a contaminated sample. Try another rapid test if you’re unsure.

Sorry, *false rapid positives* are rare.

[Anonymous]

Positive rapid on Monday. Negative PCR result just a few moments ago.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:One child tested negative and one child tested positive. Took the one who tested negative to the pediatrician for PCR test and it was negative. I am now wondering the the at home test was a false negative for the one who tested positive.

While false negatives are common with antigen/rapid tests, it's rare to get a false positive on them.

[Anonymous]

Negative 2/2

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know this board is totally anecdotal. I'll go first. Our kids are 3/3 negative, but we didn't travel this break and all activities have been canceled so I'm not surprised. I would also not be surprised if we do the second test later in the week and it's positive.

we received notice of a positvw case in almost every class on both 1/11 and 1/12. Really curious about the 1/12 case numbers.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this board is totally anecdotal. I'll go first. Our kids are 3/3 negative, but we didn't travel this break and all activities have been canceled so I'm not surprised. I would also not be surprised if we do the second test later in the week and it's positive.

we received notice of a positvw case in almost every class on both 1/11 and 1/12. Really curious about the 1/12 case numbers.

Does your have to quarantine if your child is in the same class as a positive? We have received no notices for 3 children and wonder what's up given the high positivity rates.

[Anonymous]

My children and I are negative. Husband was positive over the break and did not isolate from us. We did not catch it. I do PCR testing weekly for work and am still negative 3 weeks later. I have no idea how or why we did not catch it. Husband had a runny nose and a slight cough.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know this board is totally anecdotal. I'll go first. Our kids are 3/3 negative, but we didn't travel this break and all activities have been canceled so I'm not surprised. I would also not be surprised if we do the second test later in the week and it's positive.

we received notice of a positvw case in almost every class on both 1/11 and 1/12. Really curious about the 1/12 case numbers.

Does your have to quarantine if your child is in the same class as a positive? We have received no notices for 3 children and wonder what's up given the high positivity rates.

We got a close contact call last week. Since DC is vaccinated, we were told that DC could continue coming to school as usual.