Honestly this hasn't been the case in my household and many of our friends. Everyone in the house sick but only one or two testing positive.
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Monkeygrinder's Organ
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I think it's really unlikely that if you have multiple people with Covid testing repeatedly and all coming up negative. Even if there's only a 50% chance of the test picking it up, say, if they've done ten tests between them the chances of them all coming up negative would be just under 1 in a 1000. It's like the inverse of those exponential infection curves we're all familiar with now - the probability tends towards zero quite quickly.
klang
klang
let me know if you need anything. I'm about.I tested positive yesterday.
We had a brief get together at work on Friday afternoon and several people appear to have caught it there
Currently isolating and experiencing mild flu-like symptoms...
klang
klang
I know quite a few people who got it at work do's.
andysays
Love and solidarity
Cloo
Banana for scale
I think I've broken the back of this now - was still showing infectious this morning, but having started a more frequent cough yesterday (and worrying it was going to develop into a worse one that would hang around) it has subsided today. Husband and oldest still seem to have avoided it - husband doesn't surprise me too much as I guess his vaccine is holding up. Oldest only has one dose - had to cancel appointment for 2nd at weekend - but then again, I don't have to be half as hands-on with them as I do with youngest as they do their own laundry, cooking etc.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
did they do the LFT nose only or with added gag reflex?
weltweit
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The full Makoy as far as I know
Cloo
Banana for scale
Just as son comes out of it, looks like teen may have developed it. They said they didn't see a line at 25 mins, but looked an hour later and there was one. I'd seen some comment on class whatsapp linking to an article saying that you might get false+ looking at a test after 30 mins. Told them to test again in morning, but having looked back for the message the person who posted has deleted so I'm guessing they found it wasn't accurate, and teen is probably +. Ho hum, they'll be upset but timing not too bad (and luckily we'd just rearranged a responsibility they'd have from next weekend to the one after). Will be mainly frustrating for husband who is the only one who hasn't had it, and will now have to have another week of being cautious. I suspect teen has more likely caught it at school than at home as I've been fairly well shut away and probably would have turned up sooner if from me.
Mation
real life adventure worth more than pieces of gold
I've also seen that LFT test results are only reliable up to 30 minutes or so, and should be disregarded after that. I can't remember where.
I did try it out, though, leaving a negative (or rather, not positive) out for a day. It showed a positive the next morning. Subsequent LTFs not positive, as was a PCR.
Do some more LTFs if you have them? Or a PCR?
elbows
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Generic NHS online instructions also make mention of not leaving it too long, but ask you to refer to the instructions that came with the kit in question for more info:
www.nhs.uk
How to use a COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test
Find out how to use a COVID-19 rapid lateral flow test.
www.nhs.uk
Cloo
Banana for scale
Thanks for backing up I didn't imagine that Mation - will see what test tomorrow says. Maybe if not sure, get a PCR to check..Yes, we have others and I said to re-do in the morning. In the test they showed me this evening the line was clear but sort of 'smeared' and the whole thing had gone quite pink, which does suggest possibly not being valid.
smmudge
i know the smudge is true
Kind of like this?
If so most likely means the test was overloaded with the liquid. Make sure only the exact amount of drops go in according to the instructions. Lately they seem to be quite generous with the liquid in the tube so you don't want to put it all in there.
Dogsauce
I’ve got Skol but I’m not a Scholar
The LFT I did on Tuesday was a bit weird, the liquid sample wouldn‘t come out of the tube through the spout, was a bit gloopy, so had to take the nozzle off. The test then did nothing for about half an hour, it just wasn’t soaking through. I even poured a bit directly onto the window where the lines show. Checked again about an hour later and it was finally showing negative. Never had one do that before. I don’t have any symptoms, just routine testing for work so not really a big deal.
wemakeyousoundb
hopefully not gimboid
Definitely read the instructions for the test you use, I currently use the old school nose + gag reflex ones I have left which can show positive after 20 minutes but only conclusively negative at 30 minutes but have also used some nose tickle only which show result at 15 minutes (for negative) but clearly state that after 30 minutes you can get a false positive, the positive on those showed in about 3/4 minutes for my ex when she had it.
For now, my luck (plus carefulness!) seems to be holding.
Remaining consistently negative at each (every-Thursday) workplace LFT 
Even in pubs, I m mainly either just hang out on my own (with reading aterial!
) ...,
Or, when oit, only hangimg out just with one or two well-known-by-me friends who I can safe;y trust ..... even then, distancing, masaks when leaving the table at all,
Remaining consistently negative at each (every-Thursday) workplace LFT
Even in pubs, I m mainly either just hang out on my own (with reading aterial!
) ..., Or, when oit, only hangimg out just with one or two well-known-by-me friends who I can safe;y trust ..... even then, distancing, masaks when leaving the table at all,
Cloo
Banana for scale
Yes, kind of smeary and weird - test this morning was clearly negative and they're not symptomatic at all so I'm calling last night an error.
T & P
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Third full day and whereas I am not nearly as bad I was on the first day, I’m not recovered yet. It has got my chest a bit today though not heavily so.
Thank fuck I was triple jabbed when I contracted it, because I am generally in very good health, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m one of those generally healthy people who get unduly affected by the virus. Or perhaps I caught Delta rather than Omicron.
Thank fuck I was triple jabbed when I contracted it, because I am generally in very good health, and I’m starting to wonder if I’m one of those generally healthy people who get unduly affected by the virus. Or perhaps I caught Delta rather than Omicron.
Pingety Pong
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I tested positive yesterday and am feeling really rough. I was surprised how quickly it came on - I went to work (a school, and most probably where I got infected as I havent really been anywhere elde) and felt fine all morning.
Then by lunch I started feeling ridiculously tired to the point of not being able to keep my eyes open, drove home and collapsed on the bed. Woke up a few hours later with a fever and feeling very achy. The LFT came up as positive within seconds. The fever is gone now but am feeling totally wiped out and am coughing non-stop.
Then by lunch I started feeling ridiculously tired to the point of not being able to keep my eyes open, drove home and collapsed on the bed. Woke up a few hours later with a fever and feeling very achy. The LFT came up as positive within seconds. The fever is gone now but am feeling totally wiped out and am coughing non-stop.
geminisnake
a complex mass of conflicting ideas
people with coughs, try drinking pineapple juice(if you can) and also try sage tea(1/2 tsp sage and hot water), both should ease the cough and soothe the throat
T & P
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I am generally of very good health and triple jabbed, so I when I started to feel symptoms on Tuesday evening I was expecting a relatively smooth ride, given that everyone says Omicron seems to be milder.
But the first three full days were closer to a full blown flu than a cold, if not too severe. On day 5 now and just about testing positive still, but feeling much better since yesterday so I am sure you will too before long.
Pingety Pong
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That's good to know. I've only been ill for 2 1/2 days and it's probably not much worse than a bad cold, but this relentless cough is really exhausting. I will ask the neighbours to get some pineapple juice and sage tomorrow, like geminisnake suggested.
T & P
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Ask them for painkillers too if you don’t have a week’s supply, because as we have found out, the express grocery delivery companies such as Gorillas or even Tesco’s own one-hour service don’t seem to offer them. So if you can’t get a proper supermarket delivery slot for several days, you’re fucked. Luckily our upstairs neighbours were around and came to the rescue.
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