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Should I bother to get retested?

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Notstrongandstable · 17/10/2021 10:43

I've had the message from T&T to say my negative test result may have an issue.
Does this mean my sample went to the dodgy lab?
I'm wondering whether to bother getting retested even though they "strongly advise" it.
Started feeling ill on 5th, tested on 7th so I'm day 13 now. No positive lifts either. It's likely I just had a cold.
Symptoms were tiredness, headache, muscle ache.
Would you bother us there anything to gain from it?
I've been in school and socialising since my negative PCR snd nobody I know is now sick- apart from my son has a cold. Lots of negative LFT do for school for him.

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Mindymomo · 17/10/2021 12:55

If they advise it then I would, but like you say you are now on day 14 so you will never know unless you test.

CasparBloomberg · 17/10/2021 13:00

If you had Covid, you're not supposed to do a PCR for 90 days after due to the pcr picking up dead virus and reporting false positives.

So if you had it and do the test you will have to isolate for another 10 days if it comes back false positive, even if it's wrong.

Can't see how doing the test is of any benefit now as even if you had it on day one, you're outside of isolation period now.

Kb2942 · 17/10/2021 13:40

No I wouldn't. Of course it would be good to know but you are 13 days past symptoms starting meaning the 10 days isolation is over. Also you can test positive for quite a while after having covid. Say your cold symptoms was actually covid and you were to test positive again it would mean another 10 days isolation...

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