re: #53 klys (maker of Silmarils)

The fast tests seem more likely to give false negatives compared to false positives from what I have seen. If anything comes up, you have it.

Where they get tripped up is if the viral load is low, which can happen early in the infection period or late in the infection period, because it’s detecting bits of the viral RNA in your nose/throat area. (Worth noting that septum from the lower lungs seems to be more accurate but is harder to sample for obvious reasons; we’re working with what we’ve got here.)

The fast tests do not indicate if you are infectious; the data on when you are able to transmit the disease is still limited. All the fast test can say is “parts of the virus are present in your body.”

The problem I have with this is that the RNA in the virus, which is certainly a part of it, isn’t contagious. It’s just wasted gene chunks that last longer than the active virus itself and scare the shit out of people because it lasts longer at your checkout stand.