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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
YES!
This year was not standard, that's for sure. I had a PCR test with the lurgy and it came back negative.
How bad was the cold this time? It went away, then came back.
Meds used? One after the other!
Aldi own brand
Sudafed
Actifed
Sainsbury's old mixture
Contac 400 (new and NOT improved version)
and another one I can't remember |
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"Was this going to be one of those conspiracy threads saying that we all have cold not covid and the tests are giving false positives. "
No I simply wanted a yes or no. We can stop the thread now if wanted. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative?
How would they know it was a standard cold and not covid? "
Speak to a virologist. It's their bread and butter, to know this stuff.
Colds and flu have sneezing, covid doesn't. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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I do lateral flow tests Monday and Thursday at work. A month a go I had a really bad cold thats just finally almost gone now. Each test came back negative (and tnh I did an extra test on a Tuesday as soon as the cold symptoms started as a precaution). |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
Peterborough |
The longer you avoid having a cold: better hygiene, hand wahing and social distancing, the harder it will hit you next time.
This is basic virus strategy. Updates and regular ones to boot are the only solution. |
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Ok thanks everyone I got the answer I needed. Now kindly do not post anymore here as I simply was asking a simple question and do not want anything taken the wrong way. I just wanted yes or no.
Kind regards everyone and thank you.  |
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"Ok thanks everyone I got the answer I needed. Now kindly do not post anymore here as I simply was asking a simple question and do not want anything taken the wrong way. I just wanted yes or no.
Kind regards everyone and thank you. "
What was the answer? . |
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By *ty31Man
over a year ago
NW London |
"Yes, isn't it the PCR tests that get confused between colds and covid?
This post was sponsored by Karen on Facebook.
sounds about right."
Wrong.
I asked out of personal experience, friends of mine have tested positive on one type of test but negative on the other. Their symptoms were more aligned to that of a cold.
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative? "
yup. And my daughter and my son.. my other daughter tested positive and she was positive |
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative? "
I don't understand the premise or implication of the question. Of course it will be negative if it's just a standard cold. I take regular tests before business and social events I'm attending to check I'm not asymptomatic, but wouldn't take a test just because i had a winter sniffle, unless i had a sore throat, headache or other obvious COVID symptoms. What's the point of the question OP? |
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative? "
Yes, couple of weeks ago, several times during the week.
Just the lurgy. |
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"YES!
This year was not standard, that's for sure. I had a PCR test with the lurgy and it came back negative.
How bad was the cold this time? It went away, then came back.
Meds used? One after the other!
Aldi own brand
Sudafed
Actifed
Sainsbury's old mixture
Contac 400 (new and NOT improved version)
and another one I can't remember"
Bloody hell, I had tea, chocolate eclairs and Kelly's clotted cream ice cream, seemed to work. Oh forgot, an aspirin I found in the kitchen cupboard. |
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"Yes, isn't it the PCR tests that get confused between colds and covid?
This post was sponsored by Karen on Facebook."
The irony of mocking information from social media whilst using the name Karen |
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"The longer you avoid having a cold: better hygiene, hand wahing and social distancing, the harder it will hit you next time.
This is basic virus strategy. Updates and regular ones to boot are the only solution."
Sorry but I’m sure that’s bollox. When I get a few colds in short succession it’s always the second or third that floors me not the first one after a long period of good health! |
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative?
I don't understand the premise or implication of the question. Of course it will be negative if it's just a standard cold. I take regular tests before business and social events I'm attending to check I'm not asymptomatic, but wouldn't take a test just because i had a winter sniffle, unless i had a sore throat, headache or other obvious COVID symptoms. What's the point of the question OP?"
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yes, several times.
I have then had something far worse than a cold and tested positive. If the PCR or LFT tests picked up any virus I'd have had several positives by now.
No test is infallible. Look at pregnancy tests, and their false reading rates, yet people aren't screaming that they're a con  |
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative? "
Yes, I work at a school and have to test twice a week. I often have colds and have never tested positive.
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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No a lateral flow neither a PCR will confuse a cold for COVID at the start a very small number of lateral flow gave false positives but this was down to faulty tests nothing to do with a cold but it's very rare now |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative?
How would they know it was a standard cold and not covid?
Speak to a virologist. It's their bread and butter, to know this stuff.
Colds and flu have sneezing, covid doesn't."
My husband had covid and was sneezing. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Will someone please settle this once and for all.
Has anybody with a standard cold taken a flow test and its been negative?
How would they know it was a standard cold and not covid?
Speak to a virologist. It's their bread and butter, to know this stuff.
Colds and flu have sneezing, covid doesn't.
My husband had covid and was sneezing."
It's almost like you can have two illnesses at once.... |
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By *enithWoman
over a year ago
closer than you think |
"Yes. Had a rotten cold for over a week. Took 2 LFTs and both were negative. Work suggested I go for a PCR test incase they were false negative. PCR came back negative. "
Same here |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ok thanks everyone I got the answer I needed. Now kindly do not post anymore here as I simply was asking a simple question and do not want anything taken the wrong way. I just wanted yes or no.
Kind regards everyone and thank you. "
Stop a Fabs thread? That's like unbreaking an egg....
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Ok thanks everyone I got the answer I needed. Now kindly do not post anymore here as I simply was asking a simple question and do not want anything taken the wrong way. I just wanted yes or no.
Kind regards everyone and thank you.
Stop a Fabs thread? That's like unbreaking an egg....
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By *e CapCouple
over a year ago
Basingstoke |
I was positive with PCR but negative on laterals. I took two PCR and about 10 laterals just to avoid any errors. I’ve also tested for antibodies, also positive. I didn’t have any symptoms either. |
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"I was positive with PCR but negative on laterals. I took two PCR and about 10 laterals just to avoid any errors. I’ve also tested for antibodies, also positive. I didn’t have any symptoms either."
In my experience the lateral flow has quite a short window when you test positive. PCR not so. I would guess you were probably infected a while before you got your positive PCR. |
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By *e CapCouple
over a year ago
Basingstoke |
"I was positive with PCR but negative on laterals. I took two PCR and about 10 laterals just to avoid any errors. I’ve also tested for antibodies, also positive. I didn’t have any symptoms either.
In my experience the lateral flow has quite a short window when you test positive. PCR not so. I would guess you were probably infected a while before you got your positive PCR."
You are perfectly right, as my girlfriend (the reason I started to test myself) started to have mild symptoms Sunday evening however tested positive on lateral just five days later, Friday evening. Next morning we both had the PCR (positive)and I had one more a couple of days later because my laterals were still showing negative. |
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By *orayFWoman
over a year ago
Moray |
"Yes took on today felt lousy headache sore throat runny nose was thinking it was booster but I wanted to be certain so did a test, which was negative "
If you've got symptoms please book a PCR. LFD is only appropriate for asymptomatic testing. Hope you feel better soon. x |
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It is listed as a covid sympton although it's not a common sympton.