Post #4316863
2026-07-31 22:52 UTC
@ikuo1000@mas.to My wife's had Covid twice and I've had it once. In all 3 cases we tested negative the first day we had symptoms and positive on the second day. I don't know if this is normal but it suggests that there is a chance of false negatives. OTOH the reason I didn't catch it the first time she had it was I had been working closely with someone who got symptoms and tested positive the following day. As my wife was working with immune compromised people then we agreed to stay several metres apart for 10 days. At least I was able to keep her supplied with sorbet while we waited for her to recover.
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@ikuo1000@mas.to 2026-08-01 00:08
@juliaclement@mastodon.nz Your wife's lucky to have had your sorbet deliveries while recovering! 😄 My husband also had covid twice & the 2nd time he didn't rapid test positive until the FOURTH day of symptoms!! Then he tested positive for the next SIX days. (Luckily he isolated at the first sign of illness so I didn't get it.) Absolutely proper testing while symptomatic should mean testing every day at least through day 5, in my opinion. But in this case, I had such a hard time securing the one test, and the parent is sooo not interested in actually keeping others safe, that I don't think I have it in me to fight for any additional testing. 😭