BinaxNow at home test and false positives?

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Anonymous wrote:OP here: I really do not care that folks would not have tested. We lost family already to covid. I have zero desire to lose anymore.

I really hope your PCR is negative so you don't quarantine your poor children for two weeks for a headache. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated is vaccinated. Just know that most other people at your childrens' school are not doing what you are doing.

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Our pos binax last week was confirmed with positive PCR a day later. Fully vaxxed plus booster when it was first available.

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Anonymous wrote:DS1 had a mild headache this morning (disappeared in under 10 minutes without meds, but tested him in an abundance of caution). The rapid at home test was positive. Took him for a PCR but won't get those results back until tonight.

Anyone have any experience with at home rapids and false positives? Would love to hear they are very common and we can actually see the family that we haven't seen in 2 years next week.

Did you not know that 2 million home tests were recalled for false positives??

Ellume, not Binax.

Like one, like all.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here: I really do not care that folks would not have tested. We lost family already to covid. I have zero desire to lose anymore.

I really hope your PCR is negative so you don't quarantine your poor children for two weeks for a headache. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated is vaccinated. Just know that most other people at your childrens' school are not doing what you are doing.

Why does it threaten you so much? Trying to justify your own actions or lack thereof? She is doing the right thing - testing on symptoms. And some kids can't be vaccinated, and none under 12 are fully yet unless they were in a trial. Clearly you have different values, but I'll take OPs, thanks.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

What a dumb comment. Her kid had never had a headache before. My DD got her first headache after her first shot, so it was noticeable. Sounds like that was the case with her DS. Stop shaming people who test because you are too lazy to keep your kids home if they present symptoms. Knowing that kids ARE vectors, I find it repulsive that others downplay this so much. No one can force you to follow suit, but you trying to get them to stop demonstrating shared responsibility is really disgusting.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here: I really do not care that folks would not have tested. We lost family already to covid. I have zero desire to lose anymore.

I really hope your PCR is negative so you don't quarantine your poor children for two weeks for a headache. Everyone who wants to be vaccinated is vaccinated. Just know that most other people at your childrens' school are not doing what you are doing.

Why does it threaten you so much? Trying to justify your own actions or lack thereof? She is doing the right thing - testing on symptoms. And some kids can't be vaccinated, and none under 12 are fully yet unless they were in a trial. Clearly you have different values, but I'll take OPs, thanks.

Ok. Suit yourself. Just trying to help you get on with things.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

Well you guys are all so selfish. How hard is it to get a PCR test and stay at home for a day until you get results? Quarantining for 10 or more days sucks, and I’ve been there with kids who had one day of mild to no symptoms, but I still listened to the rules so my kids didn’t spread it to a vulnerable person who could have gotten very sick. Also, I didn’t want other families to have to spend days/weeks in quarantine from exposure or getting sick from my kids.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

Well you guys are all so selfish. How hard is it to get a PCR test and stay at home for a day until you get results? Quarantining for 10 or more days sucks, and I’ve been there with kids who had one day of mild to no symptoms, but I still listened to the rules so my kids didn’t spread it to a vulnerable person who could have gotten very sick. Also, I didn’t want other families to have to spend days/weeks in quarantine from exposure or getting sick from my kids.

Since I guess this isn't obvious, I'll spell it out. If you don't test children for minor symptoms that resolve quickly, you don't have to report said test to the school, and no one has to quarantine. Our public elementary school has had zero Covid cases this year. Zero.

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

Well you guys are all so selfish. How hard is it to get a PCR test and stay at home for a day until you get results? Quarantining for 10 or more days sucks, and I’ve been there with kids who had one day of mild to no symptoms, but I still listened to the rules so my kids didn’t spread it to a vulnerable person who could have gotten very sick. Also, I didn’t want other families to have to spend days/weeks in quarantine from exposure or getting sick from my kids.

Since I guess this isn't obvious, I'll spell it out. If you don't test children for minor symptoms that resolve quickly, you don't have to report said test to the school, and no one has to quarantine. Our public elementary school has had zero Covid cases this year. Zero.

Except maybe your kids are spreading when they are out in public to other more vulnerable people or perhaps even giving it to someone at school who then asymptomatically gives it to a vulnerable person who gets very sick. You are an incredibly selfish person!

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Anonymous wrote:It is not my understand that False positives are common - sorry. It's the false negatives that more common.

I hope your kiddo feels better.

Thank you. He actually seems to feel fine luckily. Although I think that makes him even more sad about missing school. He just got vaccinated last week too! We made it so close.

It is so hard to miss all that school when your kid feels fine. Do you have other kids? If so, make sure you isolate your sick kid from them asap. Otherwise their quarantine won’t end until 10 days after your sick kids quarantine ends (assuming they don’t test positive). It took almost a month for our family to all get out of quarantine when covid slowly spread through our house earlier this fall. Also, we used the binax now tests. It was right for 3 out of 4 cases. Only one negative on an asymptotic person.

He does have a brother, but I thought about this but wasn't sure if it was going to be possible. I mean that would mean DS1 would stay in his room the entire quarantine? Or they are just never in the same room. It feels impossible at the moment with our small house and I feel like he was already exposed before we even got the positive test.

Yes, he was already exposed. The point is to not have him continuously exposed for the next 10 days. If you don’t isolate, sibling’s quarantine period STARTS on positive kid’s day 10!!

^^^and this is a big reason why I would never test for mild symptoms. Thank goodness my older child is vaccinated and my youngest has just a few more weeks until she is.

Well just keep the pandemic going since it's such an inconvenience to your life.

Covid is endemic. Its not going away. We have to learn to live with it and that includes not testing for minor symptoms or quarantining.

But I hope OP has fun keeping BOTH her kids home for 10 days because 1 kid had a 10 minute headache. You do you. Just know that most others are not doing this any more.

You obviously don’t live in DC. Stop pretending your norms are our norms.

I live in Nova. Absolutely no one is testing or keeping kids home for brief headaches that resolve on their own.

Well you guys are all so selfish. How hard is it to get a PCR test and stay at home for a day until you get results? Quarantining for 10 or more days sucks, and I’ve been there with kids who had one day of mild to no symptoms, but I still listened to the rules so my kids didn’t spread it to a vulnerable person who could have gotten very sick. Also, I didn’t want other families to have to spend days/weeks in quarantine from exposure or getting sick from my kids.

Since I guess this isn't obvious, I'll spell it out. If you don't test children for minor symptoms that resolve quickly, you don't have to report said test to the school, and no one has to quarantine. Our public elementary school has had zero Covid cases this year. Zero.

Except maybe your kids are spreading when they are out in public to other more vulnerable people or perhaps even giving it to someone at school who then asymptomatically gives it to a vulnerable person who gets very sick. You are an incredibly selfish person!

No I'm just more accepting of our collective future than you are.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS1 had a mild headache this morning (disappeared in under 10 minutes without meds, but tested him in an abundance of caution). The rapid at home test was positive. Took him for a PCR but won't get those results back until tonight.

Anyone have any experience with at home rapids and false positives? Would love to hear they are very common and we can actually see the family that we haven't seen in 2 years next week.

My dh had a positive then negative Binax. He did a pcr the next morning and it was negative.

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My daughter just had a headache and slightly elevated temp. Positive rapid test. 2 days later her sister had minor sniffles.
Positive PCR test )and she’s fully vaccinated.

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Jesus no. Don’t go see family next week! False positives with BinaxNow are super rare. It’s false negatives that are common.