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+1 I have lost track of the number of kids who were randomly tested and turned out positive. Maybe a dozen or so I my wide circle? Totally asymptomatic and arisin surreptitiousl surprising everyone. It's frustrating when it ruins plans and it's very disruptive regardless, but you really can't blame the parents.

Yeah. I only know 4 kids that have tested positive. Each one only tested because a family member tested positive. No symptoms in any of the kids.

Tbh, it makes me wonder how many people also catch the flu each year but don't show symptoms.

All of this depends on how you define positive. The PCR tests are set to be so sensitive (for the unvaxed, the CDC has a different level for the vaxed) that we aren't even sure that a positive means you are infectious.

I'm not sure the flu tests are as sensitive as the COVID ones.[/quote]

We don’t test  asymptomatics for any other disease. Wonder what our measles rate would be if we mass tested and counted anyone who had fragments of the virus in their noses.

Yes, PCR tests were oversensitive especially if set at high cycle thresholds. I believe CDC recommends a cutoff of 28 for vaccinated individuals. Sad that there was never even a standard definition of a positive with different labs using totally different cutoffs.[/quote]

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