Test and Trace Experience
Discussion
Apologies for another thread but was unsure which Covid one to attach it to.
On the 14th i was at my neighbour's house who mentioned that his daughter was off for two weeks due to a positive test in her class.
On the 15th i met a female friend.
On the 16th he told me she tested positive, and referred me to test and trace system.
I had a test on the 19th which came back positive.
I then informed test and trace that i had met a friend and she was contacted and started to quarantine.
I have been getting a call every other day checking on me.
I have had no symptoms at all.
Today i get an email saying
"We understand that you received a positive COVID-19 test result. We have been informed by the laboratory that the result from your specimen taken on 19/11/2020 was void and this was a laboratory error."
"We are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused you.
NHS Test and Trace are investigating this incident and will seek to ensure mitigations are put in place to prevent this from happening again"
The tracing process appears to work, but not sure on the testing !!!!
On the 14th i was at my neighbour's house who mentioned that his daughter was off for two weeks due to a positive test in her class.
On the 15th i met a female friend.
On the 16th he told me she tested positive, and referred me to test and trace system.
I had a test on the 19th which came back positive.
I then informed test and trace that i had met a friend and she was contacted and started to quarantine.
I have been getting a call every other day checking on me.
I have had no symptoms at all.
Today i get an email saying
"We understand that you received a positive COVID-19 test result. We have been informed by the laboratory that the result from your specimen taken on 19/11/2020 was void and this was a laboratory error."
"We are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused you.
NHS Test and Trace are investigating this incident and will seek to ensure mitigations are put in place to prevent this from happening again"
The tracing process appears to work, but not sure on the testing !!!!
Sounds like a relief. When you got the positive result were you surprised? Or were your interactions with the people up the chain so to speak ones that could be deemed higher risk, ie indoors, 30 mins or more, close quarters, yelling, shouting, shagging etc etc!!
If they were lower risk and it was a surprise to you, then i'd be rubbing my hands and back out there!
Are they asking you to test again now?
If they were lower risk and it was a surprise to you, then i'd be rubbing my hands and back out there!
Are they asking you to test again now?
mrporsche said:
Apologies for another thread but was unsure which Covid one to attach it to.
On the 14th i was at my neighbour's house who mentioned that his daughter was off for two weeks due to a positive test in her class.
On the 15th i met a female friend.
On the 16th he told me she tested positive, and referred me to test and trace system.
I had a test on the 19th which came back positive.
I then informed test and trace that i had met a friend and she was contacted and started to quarantine.
I have been getting a call every other day checking on me.
I have had no symptoms at all.
Today i get an email saying
"We understand that you received a positive COVID-19 test result. We have been informed by the laboratory that the result from your specimen taken on 19/11/2020 was void and this was a laboratory error."
"We are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused you.
NHS Test and Trace are investigating this incident and will seek to ensure mitigations are put in place to prevent this from happening again"
The tracing process appears to work, but not sure on the testing !!!!
You have had the opposite of the Daily Mail experience.On the 14th i was at my neighbour's house who mentioned that his daughter was off for two weeks due to a positive test in her class.
On the 15th i met a female friend.
On the 16th he told me she tested positive, and referred me to test and trace system.
I had a test on the 19th which came back positive.
I then informed test and trace that i had met a friend and she was contacted and started to quarantine.
I have been getting a call every other day checking on me.
I have had no symptoms at all.
Today i get an email saying
"We understand that you received a positive COVID-19 test result. We have been informed by the laboratory that the result from your specimen taken on 19/11/2020 was void and this was a laboratory error."
"We are sorry for any inconvenience that this has caused you.
NHS Test and Trace are investigating this incident and will seek to ensure mitigations are put in place to prevent this from happening again"
The tracing process appears to work, but not sure on the testing !!!!
There has been some issues with false negatives/positives with the PCR tests and also some problems with spoiling of samples in transit. Apparently they have been repeat testing as part of a validation process. It seems you were caught up in it. However I would have preferred a false positive and isolate for a short period incorrectly than a false negative and potentially give it to close contacts.
poo at Paul's said:
Sounds like a relief. When you got the positive result were you surprised? Or were your interactions with the people up the chain so to speak ones that could be deemed higher risk, ie indoors, 30 mins or more, close quarters, yelling, shouting, shagging etc etc!!
If they were lower risk and it was a surprise to you, then i'd be rubbing my hands and back out there!
Are they asking you to test again now?
I have had no symptoms, my neighbours have had no symptoms, my friends test came back negative !If they were lower risk and it was a surprise to you, then i'd be rubbing my hands and back out there!
Are they asking you to test again now?
Was I surprised ? Not really.
I was close to the family next door - we played monopoly. I was close with the friend. I was more surprised that her test was negative.
The suggestion is I can have another test but my original 14 days expires on Saturday - not worth it.
mrporsche said:
I have had no symptoms, my neighbours have had no symptoms, my friends test came back negative !
Was I surprised ? Not really.
I was close to the family next door - we played monopoly. I was close with the friend. I was more surprised that her test was negative.
The suggestion is I can have another test but my original 14 days expires on Saturday - not worth it.
huh? You said you're friends test was positive? Or was it the neighbours daughter who was positive? If so, what has the female friend got to do with it? Was the positive test from whoever your contact was also an error or correct? Was I surprised ? Not really.
I was close to the family next door - we played monopoly. I was close with the friend. I was more surprised that her test was negative.
The suggestion is I can have another test but my original 14 days expires on Saturday - not worth it.
It is a bit confusing.
BTW, should you be playing monopoly with your neighbour in their house during lockdown? I thought we were on no mixing of households?
The responsible thing is to get the test, they are not saying it is negative by the sounds of it, just that an error means it was not positive. That could be anything, a potential mix up on a number, one positive test and no name on it, everyone else accounted for but yours, but they cannot verify that as it had no name on.
Or does the email defintiely say it was a negative result?
Edited by poo at Paul's on Thursday 26th November 20:15
pavarotti1980 said:
You have had the opposite of the Daily Mail experience.
There has been some issues with false negatives/positives with the PCR tests and also some problems with spoiling of samples in transit. Apparently they have been repeat testing as part of a validation process. It seems you were caught up in it. However I would have preferred a false positive and isolate for a short period incorrectly than a false negative and potentially give it to close contacts.
Sure I read on here yesterday that each positive test is counted as a new infectionThere has been some issues with false negatives/positives with the PCR tests and also some problems with spoiling of samples in transit. Apparently they have been repeat testing as part of a validation process. It seems you were caught up in it. However I would have preferred a false positive and isolate for a short period incorrectly than a false negative and potentially give it to close contacts.
Now it appears that the numbers are being kept up by retesting people who are more than likely positive.
Our ‘world beating’ test and trace system.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/uks-...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9041527/T...
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-70-of-test-and...
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/dec/11/uks-...
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9041527/T...
https://news.sky.com/story/covid-19-70-of-test-and...
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