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Date: 6/14/2022 5:33:44 PM ( 29 mon ) ... viewed 652 times
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A Negative COVID Test Has Never Been So Meaningless
A string of negatives can still presage a clear-as-day positive.
By Katherine J. Wu
a series of blue coronavirus splotches, the last of which is pink
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June 10, 2022
In early May, 27-year-old Hayley Furmaniuk felt tired and a bit congested, but after rapid-testing negative for the coronavirus two days in a row, she dined indoors with friends.
The next morning, her symptoms worsened. Knowing her parents were driving in for Mother’s Day, she tested again—and saw a very bright positive. Which meant three not-so-great things: She needed to cancel with her parents; she had likely exposed her friends; a test had apparently taken three days to register what her vaccinated body had already figured out.
“I, but since around the rise of Omicron, the problem of delayed positivity has gained some prominence. In recent months, many people have logged strings of negatives—three, four, even five or more days in a row—early in their think it’s become more common,” says Amesh Adalja, an infectious-disease physician at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
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