See informative graph in this article (features a tweet from Ashish Jha, former Harvard professor and current dean of the Brown University School of Public Health) for a better sense of when the antigens are likely to pick up Covid vs. PCR.
https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2021/12/27/dr-ashish-jha-heres-how-to-get-covid-19-isolation-right-if-you-test-positive/ On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 2:53 PM Sara Mattes <samat...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cautionary note, These antigen tests may miss Omicron. > They did in our family. > Multiple testing of many family members-all came back “negative” then, all > tested “positive” with PCRs, or as they got sicker, finally tested > “positive w/antigens. > But, by that time, they had been really sick for days…and highly > infectious when they thought they were clear. > > Only PCR tests were accurate. > ------ > Sara Mattes > > > > > > On Jan 6, 2022, at 2:45 PM, Cj Sizer <cjsi...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Does anyone know where I can find some Binax Rapid COVID Tests? The > pharmacies seem to be all sold out. Thank you for any feedback! > > -- > > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > > Browse the archives at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/. > > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > > > > -- > The LincolnTalk mailing list. > To post, send mail to Lincoln@lincolntalk.org. > Search the archives at http://lincoln.2330058.n4.nabble.com/. > Browse the archives at https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/private/lincoln/ > . > Change your subscription settings at > https://pairlist9.pair.net/mailman/listinfo/lincoln. > >
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