re: Bring Us Your Memes Thread

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All test kits have positive and negative controls. They are run alongside your test to check the accuracy of the test.

If the positive control tests negative, or the negative control tests positive, the test is invalid. If they test as they’re supposed to, your results should be accurate.

This is not what you think it is.

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I’m sure it isn’t what it appears to be, but you lost me on your explanation. Please try again...LOL. Your failure is due to my ignorance on the subject of covid testing and not a reflection of your knowledge or ability to describe the picture.

Are you saying they have a test for the tests?

The positive and negative “controls” are used to validate that the test kit is operating correctly.

The negative has no Covid antigen and will test negative as long as the test is operating correctly. The Positive has antigen for the virus (not the virus) and will test positive as long as the test is operating correctly.

So envision three test wells. One is your sample, the next one is the negative control and the third is the positive control.

Here are the following results if the test is operating correctly
S = Sample, N = Negative Control, P = Positive Control
S N P Results
(+) (-) (+) You are positive
(-) (-) (+) You are negative
The other reactions are where the controls don’t test as they should.
S N P Results
(+ or -) (+) (+) Test is bad, no valid results
(+ or -) (-) (-) Test is bad, no valid results
(+ or -) (+) (-) Test is bad, no valid results

Hope this answers your question. Yes, they have a test for the tests to prove they’re valid.

And for the other Q, no, the positive control will not give you Covid.