You have commented 338 times on Rantburg.

Your Name
Your e-mail (optional)
Website (optional)
My Original Nic        Pic-a-Nic        Sorry. Comments have been closed on this article.
Bold Italic Underline Strike Bullet Blockquote Small Big Link Squish Foto Photo
-Short Attention Span Theater-
Teenagers are figuring out how to fake positive Covid tests using lemon juice and hacks from TikTok
2021-10-23
[INEWS] British teenagers are using TikTok to learn and share tips for faking positive Covid-19 tests as hundreds of thousands of pupils in “bubbles” are already being forced to miss school.

Clips of young people applying various liquids to lateral flow tests have racked up millions of views on the popular video app, with many users offering suggestions.

Videos uploaded under the search term #fakecovidtest have been viewed more than 6.5 million times, with the dedicated account @.fakecovidtests gaining more than 20,000 followers.

Apple sauce, Coca Cola, vinegar, hand sanitiser and kiwi fruit are among the suggestions users are encouraging others to apply to the tests in the hope of testing positive for Covid-19 and being made to stay away from school.

However, many users pointed out that pupils’ positive lateral flow tests are required to be followed by a PCR test.

Independent fact checking organisation Full Fact has previously explained that fizzy drinks and acidic fruits can appear to break the test into displaying what looks like a positive result, clarifying that rapid tests very rarely return false positive results when used on humans as intended.
Posted by:Woodrow

#5  "No, I didn't call you Boos, Boss, sir. By the way, I do expect this to be a paid sick leave, as I took the Vax per company policy."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-23 13:01  

#4  "You know Boos, I'd love to come in to work and catch whole Diversity in the Workplace three-hour training session, but, gosh darn it, just tested positive for Covid. Yes, again. Whoops! Sorry."
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-23 12:59  

#3  Article is dated July 1, but it had been going on much earlier than that.

2 weeks encouraged truancy, miss that test or those tests, and get an exemption on your final grade, so to play video games not have to do the mask dance? Yeah, totally wouldn't have appealed at all to teenage me. Swears.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2021-10-23 11:44  

#2  Leave it to a Teenager to game a $1 Billion system for under a $1. ☺

Posted by: NN2N1   2021-10-23 07:26  

#1  Well, most things teenagers do are stupid. So what's new?
Posted by: M. Murcek   2021-10-23 04:07  

00:00