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rosieposie1230 · 11/04/2022 14:19

I’ve done a few lateral flow tests and some have come back with a faint positive and some are negative so I’m not sure which one to believe!

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emmathedilemma · 11/04/2022 14:57

I had this too but my PCR test was positive. I'd have been surprised if it wasn't because everyone i'd been in close contact with a few days earlier had already come down with it! I think I probably caught it early because I was doing LFTs daily as a close contact. I didn't do one after the first day until my day 6 test which came up with an immediate thick positive line.

RoseAndRose · 11/04/2022 14:57

Believe the positives. Because those tests have detected it.

False negatives are pretty common (often down to user technique)

Jules912 · 11/04/2022 15:09

We're they different brands? My DS sometimes gets a faint grey line on the flowflex ones, PCRs ( when that was possible) always negative so false positives can happen.
Though think some are more sensitive and if one's throat swab and one not that could also make a difference.

TheGlitterati · 12/04/2022 11:57

Always believe the positive.

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