If you're confused about why you're consistently testing negative on your at-home antigen test even though you're experiencing Covid symptoms, you're not the only one.
"The challenge in trying to make one statement for all the rapid antigen tests is that there are so many already on the market, and they're not all equal," Babady says,"So, when we say this is not working, it might also be related to a particular brand."
But at this time, infectious disease experts have not concluded that antigen testing cannot detect BA.5, and it is too early to make that claim, according to Mohamed Z. Satti, an infectious disease specialist and faculty member in the division of public health at Michigan State University. Satti believes that people should still use at-home antigen tests if they're experiencing symptoms or have been exposed to someone with Covid."Until now, from all the data I'm seeing, the home testing is still working and sensitive enough to depend on," Satti says."People should still continue to do at-home testing.
With this in mind, Satti points to yet another possible cause of the prevalence of negative results: inaccurate application of at-home antigen tests. Medical professionals are more skilled at administering testing than the average person, and false negatives may be due to improper handling of the test by people at home, he says.In addition to the testing you're doing at home, consider getting a PCR test done if you have access to one.
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