UK Teens Are Using Everyday Items to Fake Positive COVID Tests and Get Out of School

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One school in Liverpool that had to send classes home after positive tests reportedly sent an email to parents warning them about the trend. It read: “Nationally, some school students have discovered that placing droplets of orange juice or other fruit juice on an LFD test gets a false ‘positive’ result… Be extra vigilant when your child is doing their LFD tests.”

https://www.thedailybeast.com/teens-are-using-tiktok-hacks-to-fake-positive-covid-tests-to-get-out-of-school

As fruit and fizzy drinks are much more acidic than the human body, it is believed the acid breaks the test and makes it produce a false positive.

https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/schools-warning-children-using-fruit-20896618

 

 

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