> I have an interesting anecdote related to this. Please don't do that. There is enough knowledge out there about the various kinds of tests (PCR, antibody, a

> I have an interesting anecdote related to this. Please don't do that. There is enough knowledge out there about the various kinds of tests (PCR, antibody, antigene) and what they're good for and what they're not. It's perfectly understood that while rapid tests are, well, rapid, they're much less precise than PCR testing. However, they are often better than nothing (you can't give a PCR test to everyone who wants to visit relatives in a nursing home), so they serve to minimise risk, not to remove it. (They also have a tendency to be more likely to be positive while you're actually infectious, which is not the same thing as having symptoms.) I really don't think we should be discussing personal anecdotes during a health crisis, when there's enough data around that we can actually look at.