Covid suspicions. False positives?

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I’m not a conspiracy theorist, I’m double vaxxed, I believe this is all real. But something happened recently that had made me very confused and suspicious.
My brother in law is the safest person I’ve ever witnessed during the pandemic. He has asthma and is overweight so he’s very worried about covid. He wears 2 masks to work, a face shield and gloves, does curb side pick up, doesn’t visit with anyone. But lives with his parents.
He was apparently gardening one day and stood up wrong and smashed his head on something. He had a headache after so his mom said he should go to the hospital to make sure it wasn’t a concussion. Because headaches are a symptom of covid, they made him get a test and it came back positive. My in laws decided to get tests too because they live in the same house and they tested negative! No one knows how he possibly could have gotten it and he feels no symptoms at all other than his headache from bumping his head.
Could he have gotten a false positive? Anyone know someone who got a false positive?

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Good question because mine was definitely wrong but mine was opposite.
My boyfriend and I went to get tested together because we woke up with congestion and couldn’t taste or smell anything. I couldn’t even smell nail polish remover. They gave us rapid tests at first. My boyfriends came back positive and mine came out negative, so they gave me the PCR test and that still came back negative. We were like there’s no way I don’t have it with my symptoms and my boyfriend and I live together so we are constantly around each other. They had me come back to take the test a few days later and it was still negative. I had all of the symptoms so I still quarantined.

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It’s possible to get Covid even with being vaccinated and being careful, but being vaccinated reduced the chances you will have severe symptoms and will spread it to others. So it is possible that your brother is positive and your parents are negative. My neighbor got Covid shortly after being fully vaccinated and his wife never got it.

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False positives are extremely rare. Even being super careful it’s still possible to get Covid.

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I got a false positive. My son was visibly sick. Took him to get tested. They insisted my husband and I get tested even though we're double vaxxed, no symptoms, and have been super cautious. Son's and husband's came back negative, mine was positive. We knew that wasn't right so we asked her how accurate their antigen (rapid) tests are. Doctor said 88%?! I told her how the nurse barely swabbed my nose(like all she did was swipe the inside tip of mine and only did one of son's nostrils), so the doctor swabbed correctly for a PCR test right then. Got our results a few days later, all came back negative. I quarantined and lost work for nothing. I'm the sole provider for my family. All the doctor could say was that my test was probably mishandled. I'm going to miss out on my paycheck because y'all insisted we get tested, and apparently your nurses don't do their jobs correctly. 😤

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I know people who literally stocked up on one curbside pick up order, disinfected everything they had bought, and didn’t go out for over 3 weeks. And still got a positive back with zero contact with people in the slightest.. they got tested because it was required for a routine doctor check up.
And I know someone who had been super careful, and went to the doctor because of a sprained ankle and left being told to quarantine because they had a positive.
Another person I know, had a grandmother who had COPD and was in the hospital for FIVE days, die. They told the granddaughter that the covid test was negative. But in the death report they didn’t put that COPD was the cause of death, as they told the family. They put that covid was. 
I’m not saying covid doesn’t exist but it’s strange that people who are so careful and literally not leaving their house for anything are getting positives. And claiming covid was the cause of death when it was never even a topic of the situation.

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It doesn't matter how careful he is. He is still out in public (at work) and him wearing 2 masks doesn't decrease his chances. Others aroubd him also need to be wearing (1) mask. Gloves don't pretect against covid. Even being vaccinated doesn't mean you can't catch it. It reduces symptoms if he catches it. It's great he js vaccinated considering he is high risk! If he's that sure it's false, then go get tested again right away

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Yes, my coworker's daughter did. No symptoms, but got tested because she was seeing someone high risk. The doctor said it could be a false positive and she got tested again and it was negative. The tests definitely are not as accurate as a lot of people think.

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I got two negative and a very blatant positive Christmas days.
I've tested since and and still very negative.
Just waiting for my PCR test. 🤷🏼‍♀️

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It is possible to test positive for covid and have no symptoms. He could be asymptotic. My son had a cold for a few days. Once he lost his sense of smell he got tested and came back positive. He was the only one. We all tested negative but him. He can test again but PCR test are rarely wrong.

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It could be a false positive but the PCR test usually is accurate. If he’s wondering if it’s a false positive, he should go get tested again. My brothers girlfriend (who is not a careful person) got covid even though she is fully vaccinated … so it is possible he caught covid.

Covid suspicions. False positives?

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