[pope_meat]

I took 4 at home tests, all said negative, but I was definitely sick, scheduled a PCR test, 6 days after my symptoms started was the soonest I could get an appointment for, and it finally confirmed that I had covid. 2 different brands of at home tests kept telling me I was negative.

So, I don't doubt the anecdotal stories of people getting false negatives with the at home. My coworker also took 4 and only 1 finally showed positive in the end.

[throwawayboise]

So four tests say no and one says yes, and you believe the one? Maybe you just had a cold.

[harambae]

If the one is a PCR test, then yes you should trust the PCR.

Dr Michael Osterholm has covered at great length what garbage the rapid antigen tests are.