Using water on COVID-19 home tests produces inaccurate results

[riversedge]

So so so many idiots!!





Using water on COVID-19 tests produces inaccurate results
https://apnews.com/article/fact-checking-008049925669?utm_source=Twitter&utm_medium=APFactCheck&utm_campaign=SocialFlow


By KARENA PHANDecember 29, 2021

CLAIM: Pouring water on home COVID-19 tests gives a positive result, evidence that they are unreliable or that they are detecting the disease in tap water.

AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The tests are not made to be used with other liquids, including water, and will provide inaccurate results in those situations. In addition, the virus that causes COVID-19 has not been detected in drinking water.

THE FACTS: Videos and photos circulating on social media show at-home rapid COVID-19 tests displaying positive results after being doused with water.

One TikTok video showing a positive home test after being placed under a running faucet has been viewed more than 10 million times. It has been used to support a variety of false claims across social media platforms. It was unclear what brand of test was used.

“Could it be in your water I honestly do not doubt it! Or the tests are FAF! Biggest fraud of all times,” said the caption of one Facebook post sharing the video.

A similar post with more than 82,000 likes on Instagram shows photos and a video of several BinaxNOW home tests that have been used with water and have positive test results. Part of the caption reads, “Now it makes me look even deeper, is it the water??? Am I really positive?”..............................


AP Fact Check
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Posts circulating online show at-home COVID-19 tests displaying positive results after being doused with water, but this doesn’t mean the tests are unreliable or that COVID is in water. Experts say the tests give inaccurate results when used improperly.

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[applegrove]

1. Someone wants others to die. No other reason for fraud like this.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Stupidity is not only another reason. It is the best reason.

[Wingus Dingus]

3. The bleach garglers and horse paste eaters are wasting test kits now.

Always the anchor of stupidity dragging us down.

[DURHAM D]

4. The stupid it burns. nt

[drray23]

5. I can see the next conspiracy forming.

They will say it proves that the government is putting covid in the water to infect people... Watch it happen.

[sinkingfeeling]

6. You know, if you put water on a pregnancy test, it'll always

show negative.

Makes as much sense as this.

[MineralMan]

7. What if you pee on the test?

Will it tell me if I'm pregnant? That would be a shocking surprise, since I'm a guy.

Follow the package instructions, folks. Do something else, and results will be unpredictable.

[Retired Engineer Bob]

8. OMG, wonderful news, congratulations MM

At your age this must be a massive surprise.

Have you decided on what to blow up/burn down at the reveal party?

[Iggo]

9. Reminds me of a guy in my civics class.

We were going over the homework. He raises his hand, the Professor calls on him, and he says something that will follow me to the end of my days: “Hey Professor. I did it different and got a different answer.”

(To his credit, Prof smiled and then walked him through where he went wrong. To my discredit, I said “Uh! Duh!”, probably out loud. I was a complete dick in math classes.)