On 1/12/2022 at 7:42 AM, ecline said:

But the US FDA announced last month that the home ATK tests may not show a positive result for people infected with the Omicron variant. I have no idea if that is the case or not, but my three tests all showed negative and two PCR tests show me as positive. FWIW.

A new German study (not yet published) shows that 7 out of 8 tested ATKs are extremely inaccurate to prove an Omicron infection. PCR-tests, even though they can show false positive results by a small probability, are much more reliable.

So if you're tested negative on ATK but positive with PCR you're most liekly are infected.

On 1/12/2022 at 4:04 PM, AwwYesNice1 said:

How long have you been a virologist

When will you learn how to search on the internet? There are plenty of official, authoritative and reliable sources that offered this kind of information.

20 hours ago, JustAnotherHun said:

A new German study (not yet published) shows that 7 out of 8 tested ATKs are extremely inaccurate to prove an Omicron infection. PCR-tests, even though they can show false positive results by a small probability, are much more reliable.

So if you're tested negative on ATK but positive with PCR you're most liekly are infected.

I was definitely infected. My sample was sent for variant identification and came back positive for Omicron.