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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If the city could manage false positives better, then I would opt in to testing. But this spring showed us that it can’t. So nope, they won’t be testing my kid again. [/quote]

what happened with the false positive? a long time out of school?[/quote]

Good question.  Can’t you just test again?  [/quote]

LOL no.  You are out of school for two weeks full stop.  It doesn't matter if you test again and it is negative.[/quote]

Wow. So better not to risk a test unless you have symptoms or a known exposure.[/quote]

Particularly since asymptomatic testing has a higher likelihood of false positives.  Let's not even get started on testing of the vaccinated.[/quote]

That is NOT TRUE. 
Asymptomatic testing using the take-home rapid tests has a very high likelihood of false negatives.
Labs have adjusted the number of cycles in PCR so that those no longer produce false positive.[/quote]

Rapid at home tests provide 17% of the time false positives.

https://www.cochrane.org/CD013705/INFECTN_how-accurate-are-rapid-tests-diagnosing-covid-19
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In the linked study:
[quote]In people who did not have COVID-19, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with symptoms and 98.9% of people without symptoms.
Different brands of tests varied in accuracy. Pooled results for one test (SD Biosensor STANDARD Q) met World Health Organization (WHO) standards as ‘acceptable’ for confirming and ruling out COVID-19 in people with signs and symptoms of COVID-19. Two more tests met the WHO acceptable standards (Abbott Panbio and BIONOTE NowCheck) in at least one study.[/quote]
Your 17% is for SD Biosensor, which is the only brand they chose to describe. In the summary quoted above, however, antigen tests correctly ruled out infection in 99.5% of people with symptoms and 98.9% of people without.[/quote]

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