So many people out and about with colds and negative LFTs

[sicko]

So many people I know who are fully vaccinated have colds at the moment and insist they don't have covid, based on negative LFT. Yet whenever I come to this board, it seems that everyone follows the official advice and gets a PCR when they have colds and coughs.

Even at nursery, the kids can go in, if they have just coughs and colds and only need a PCR if they have a temperature too.

Is this anyone else's experience too in real life ?

Surely the LFT detects most cases if you actually test while you're symptomatic ?

I saw an article yesterday saying that they're better than first thought.

While writing I just received a text from my mum saying she doesn't have covid, even though she has a bad cough and cold, because she's just had a negative LFT..

Ds had 3 pcr (2 was as in hospital non covid releated t)and 3 lateral flow all negative s

He has asthma flare and chest infection but amount of looks get because is out (he is not ill in himself)

I refuse to test him.again this current bout of symptoms

My mum had a mild cold. Just sniffles. Negative lateral flows, positive pcr.
All colds aren’t covid that’s true, but considering we are in a country with such high covid cases, a cold is quite likely to be covid too. A pcr wouldn’t hurt.

There's a stinker of a chesty cold doing the rounds. It isn't Covid.

Well it was in our household.

All my LFTs were negative but 2nd PCR was positive day 5.

I had a cough for two days before testing positive on both LFT and PCR. If I'd stopped testing after the first negative tests I would have spread Covid about to countless people. Repeat testing is worthwhile if you have symptoms

@wolfstarling

There's a stinker of a chesty cold doing the rounds. It isn't Covid.

Well it was in our household.

I'm a HCP and have a rotten cold. LFTs twice a week for work all negative so got a PCR which was also negative

So @wolfstarling is right, there is a stinker of a cold about which isn't Covid

Been rough for a week, terrible headache, sore throat, congested, nausea. Done an LFT every day since Monday..all negative. Did a PCR yesterday and results also negative.

@wolfstarling

There's a stinker of a chesty cold doing the rounds. It isn't Covid.

Well it was in our household.

Not in ours. Worst cold I’ve ever had. DH had to take some time off work for the first time in 8 years. PCR’s all negative.