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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Because I have places to go?

I have a runny nose and congestion so I tested. It’s not Covid, so I will wear a mask to my nail appointment this evening. If it was Covid, I would have cancelled.

I will wear a mask for camp carpool pick-up. If it was Covid, I would ask to swap days or wear a mask and walk the kids home from the bus stop. [/quote]

If you are sick with anything, don't do carpool or go to freaking nail salon! That's the problem with tests, they give people license to be terrible.

Also, tests don't always match current variants.

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RATs work fine on the current variants. Don't get me won't, I think it's a waste of time to test, but the RATs have always worked fine if you choose to test. They're not perfect, but no test is perfect. PCRs give false positives in the sense that they'll pick up past infections and early exposures that never advance to a systemic, contagious infection. RATs mostly go the other direction with their tradeoffs, often taking an extra day or two beyond PCRs to turn positive.[/quote]

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