Has anyone had a Negative test and then gone on to het symptoms/test postive?

[Whatatoodoodle]

I’m sick of having to explain the 14 day isolation when you’ve been in contact with a positive case regardless of whether you get a negative test in that time to friends and relatives.

So many people seem to be getting tests when they don’t need them and thinking that a negative result means they don’t have to isolate.

But it has made me wonder whether developing the virus later in the incubation period without it showing up on early tests actually happens in practise.

Personally I do think close contacts should be tested as much as possible in an attempt to cut down on asymptomatic transmission but that’s not the point!

I don’t know the answer to your question OP but I suspect I’ve had a false negative test from early testing. I have identical symptoms (although less severe) to a friend who tested positive after we met for coffee. I tested 4 days after the meet up and she tested positive a few days after my test. Her partner is also positive. I wish I would’ve left it later now, symptoms were mild at the time and now intermittent.

I see a lot of it. I work in this area.

Interesting @Northernsoullover.
And is that because in the early stages the virus hasn’t replicated enough to be detected or does it only ‘switch on’ after a certain amount of time?

Yeah we had it in the household. I had symptoms and tested but came back negative, three days later much worse, tested again and was positive

I'm not sure. I just handle the data. I do know that many people test the moment they find out they have been in contact with a case rather than wait to see if they get symptoms.

Yes, negative on Saturday and positive on wednesday