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.”
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.
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/schools-warning-children-using-fruit-20896618
The TikTok videos suggest using things like:
🍋Lemon juice
🍏Apple sauce
🥤Coca Cola
🍟Vinegar
🧼Hand sanitiser
🥝Kiwi fruit…to apply to tests so it shows a positive Covid-19 result and pupils will have to stay away from school. t.co/cvh1bvWq4I pic.twitter.com/TdJKQAAVII
— i newspaper (@theipaper) July 1, 2021
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