Well....N-TV (commercial news in Germany) brought this topic up.
These are the test kits that you can buy at the grocery/pharmacy for about 2.99-to-3.99 Euro (presently).
They are made (my humble opinion) in a way that even a 6-year old kid can conduct the test and proclaim 'Granny' or 'Uncle Johann' Covid-free, or 'positive'.
If you read the instructions (carefully)....there is a time system with the test....after you swab your wife or kid. You douse it with the liquid, and sit back to observe the end-result. Normally....most all test kits say 15 minutes....some will say 15-to-30 minutes.
The test is NOT valid until the appropriate time has passed. (please note this in your mind)
I've probably done at least thirty of these for my wife over the past year (her boss hands out the kits and mandates every Monday/Thursday.....a test be accomplished) if she is working in the office for the week.
The end-result will be negative (one-strip across the test paper) or positive (two strips across the paper).
Typically, I apply the test, and lay it there for about five or six minutes.....sipping my coffee and looking at the weather for the day. Then I look for the one 'bar'....I consider the test complete then.
Well....the experts explained to N-TV....no, it's not complete until that 15th minute. Its entirely possible that the 2nd bar may not show until the last minute or two of the waiting period.
Odds that 90-percent of the folks conducting the test are like me....finished too early? Well....it's best not to bring up this topic.
So my advice....if you have to mess with the test kits.....read that one instruction line carefully and have a egg-timer set for the appropriate minutes.
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