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Old 06-29-2022, 08:19 AM
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I am a recently retired respiratory therapist. While working in a hospital here in Florida I saw many false positive and false negative tests with patients. These test were performed by trained healthcare professionals in a hospital setting. So I would not put too much faith in these free home test kits. If I thought I was exposed to someone that had COVID or thought I had COVID I’d make an appointment with primary care physician to get tested.
Do believe the majority of primary care physicians want no part of seeing a positive patient right now. If serious will send you off to a hospital.