I've seen people say that false positives on rapid COVID tests aren't a thing, and that only false negatives happen, and I just want to dispel that because I know two people who have tested positive with rapid tests and then negative via an immediate follow up PCR. It happens.
It doesn't mean you should take any positive result lightly, but the wisdom that was previously being passed around -- that false negatives happen, but positives do not -- is not accurate and I'm surprised it's still being said.
I am sorry to say it, but the home tests are hit or miss. They get touted as a great thing because we are being offered so little in the way of functional testing.
Don't get me wrong, I use them and am glad I stored up a few extra, now that they are hard to find and PCR tests are nearly impossible to schedule, but they do fuck up a lot.
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