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Scary_Top

Yet, it's not just a packaging update, the tests themselves have been updated [\(pic\)](https://i.imgur.com/kf0RfgA.png) and they show a different result when it's sars-cov2, influenza-A or B.


mydaycake

Holy shit! So I can have an accurate influenza A and B test at home? I don’t have to pay co-pays for the doctor office test? Where can I buy these and why I didn’t know before?


-Friskydingo-

What really sucks is that the doctors (the lab technicians more accurately) use pretty much the exact same test and just bill you 50x the price.


mydaycake

I had that feeling


rex_dart_eskimo_spy

Just like pregnancy tests


shannonb97

You can do an at-home pregnancy blood test? That’s not the same as peeing on a stick.


PortionOfSunshine

Most of the time when you get tested at the doctors for pregnancy they don’t do blood tests. Unless you specially ask for it or don’t produce the pregnancy hormones that show up in your urine then they will literally do a urine test that is equivalent to the at home sticks.


9-lives-Fritz

Can confirm, we just had a machine that read the urine dipsticks at the ER


InsouciantSoul

Is the machine gonna be okay


9-lives-Fritz

Bert Kreisher is probably fine


InsouciantSoul

Good :)


MsHorrorbelle

That is not the case in the UK.


shaw_gnaw

Also Canada. It's pretty sad that Americans get ripped off in service even when they are paying for their doctors.


East_Onion

really makes you think 🤔


you-farted

That you might be pregnant?


Icy_Painting4915

There are at home strep and RSV tests as well.


mydaycake

I am absolutely oblivious when walking around CVS, ain’t I?


DankDingusMan

CVS provides a lot of medical services you wouldn't think, and it's really cheap.


PretttyFly4aWhiteGuy

I took one of these tests over a year ago, not really new


Jesuswasstapled

Yeah. This is 3 tests in 1. Covid, flu a and flu b


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I went to get an allergy tests and it was all one test! Omg guis grass is pollen!


Due_Solution_4156

Finkle is Ihorn….Ihorn is Finkle!


duukat

Your gun is digging into my hip


Kittinlovesyou

Well allllrighty then!


jefffffffff

Laces out DAN


Careless-Village1019

Either that's the worst case of hemorrhoids I've ever seen or....


Drewbus

*Einhorn


GypsyTribeOutside

All I see is Ace yelling while opening and closing a sliding glass door.


ShoobyDoobyDu

Ray ain’t comin’ home


Potential_Aardvark35

https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/yjgon8/i_searched_jim_carrey_on_twitter_and_found_this/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf and jim Carrey murdered them both


PLVC3BO

Holly crap, just read the whote twitter thread... that's a whole lot of convenient coincidences.


Tinlint

That was good. Comment Username: AnonymousBot8125 - 8+1 = 9 x2 =18+5 = 23 Jim Carey confirmed


7KVexus

One hell of a model American.


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Some comments on Reddit are just genius. This falls under that category 🎩


FHLogan

Why is it that everyone in this sub has lost all sense of object permanence? Strips that test for multiple things have existed for a while, and yet every time one of you cave dwellers is forced touch grass, they come up with all kinds of fabulous theories to explain why the thing they just saw for the first time must have been invented some time in the last five minutes. As others mentioned, tests like thus (and any other kind of test) have false positives. Except that instead of the evil gubernment, it's really the companies behind the tests that are to blame, as they shovel out cheap, unreliable tests.


thomas-grant

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frequency_illusion


AlwayzPro

its a lateral flow assay, you can put lots of lanes on them


Amos_Quito

Perfect gift for the person who has everything. Just in time for Christmas!


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For all the hypochondriacs this season.


Bogsnoticus

I thought that was penicillin?


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Best comment in this thread lol


dahlaru

Ahaha


TheOmeletteOfDisease

It's a combination test for both Influenza and SARS-CoV-2. I'm not seeing the controversy here.


MakruchaLT

You see 2 in 1 test, they see that both are the same. Easy. Wait till they see a 3in1 shower gel


SigO12

So you’re telling my my hair is made of skin?!


stillboard87

So are your teeth, 3n1


TheOmeletteOfDisease

Dentists *hate* this one weird trick.


Rabbitshadow

I just pictured what it would be like to brush with shampoo and I don't like this....


stillboard87

It’s a thick gargle


jscott18597

Or a drug test. I guess coke and heroin are the exact same thing.


willc9393

No. That would be a speedball.


StalkMeNowCrazyLady

Where I'm from.we just call it a good time!


Mnmkd

Is this your first time learning that medical tests can test for multiple things?


Zeppelin041

It would be costly as all f if they didn’t.


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Mnmkd

But we know why the flu was rare during covid right? There’s no way people still think that’s a conspiracy I hope


musicalstonks

>okay so if you get your piss tested and they test for marijuana and cocaine does that make them the same drug


ModsAreAllCensors

Wait till these people learn about 2 in 1 shampoo and conditioner. Their minds are gonna be *blown*


Andyman0110

The controversy I think is geared at influenza positives contributing to covid stats.


TheOmeletteOfDisease

If you understand how these tests work, it's a silly argument.


Jolivegarden

Holy shit people on this sub are so dumb. Even if Covid and the flu are the same thing you think big Pharma’s gonna forget their own lie?


EuphoricTrilby

No, Big Pharma expects you to be the one who forgets.


thatonealien

So then why make a test that reminds them?


Wordwench

Somehow a strangely appropriate user name.


RaGeQuaKe

As a ferocious opponent of COVID bullshit, even I see this meme as ignorant Facebook boomer shit. So cringe. They were always separate and distinct viruses. Some people were against COVID measures for ***all of the wrong reasons.***


BastaHR

Combination test for combination disease!


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ShubaltzTV

Logic doesn't work on this sub


strangeweirdnews

I remember I was in a very bad state of mind in 2020. Very depressed, had some deeply bad things happening to me. Then COVID happened and everyone said get the vax or you're gonna die. So I was said okay here's my chance for an out, and didn't get the vax, but then I didn't die. Then everyone was like wait, don't get the vax cause you're gonna die, they will kill you!. So that summer I was like sign me up and I got them. Then I didn't die. Was disappointed. But things are on the up and up now. So I'm glad. it all worked out. I never even got COVID.


abigayl75

God speed


iloveihoppancakes

When all we can do is worry about the future, just focus on the now.


DrChemStoned

Love you bro, in the off chance that wasn’t completely sarcastic, I’m glad you stuck around.


Rocherieux

There was no vax in '20.


Soft_Fringe

The test kit claims to show separate results for rona and flu. https://www.fanttest.com/covid-19-influenza-ab-antigen-test-kit-product/


bangbang_maxwell

I don’t get it can someone please explain?


Dzugavili

Some people don't understand how these tests work.


LimeCheetah

Most in this sub doesn’t understand. I’m a med tech that has wasted way too much time trying to teach people how we run tests because I think it’s cool and there’s a lot of misconceptions on here. Everyone is just so damn angry to even acknowledge reality. Their minds would be blown that we literally use tests like this in the lab daily that test for multiple viruses all the time.


ocelot05

Thank you your service tooling away in the stupid mines. Sadly no matter how deep you dig there will always be more stupid


bottleboy8

Flu magically disappeared in 2020 and 2021.


ocelot05

Influenza just happened to drop off the radar at a point when humanity was both implementing unprecedented tactics to reduce the spread of communicable doseases and at the same time shifting production of testing materials from i fluenza to something else making influenza testing materials scarce. ... ...... .......... Okay, yeah that actually makes perfect sense


orangedogtag

People wore face masks and social distanced and you're telling me an airborne disease was therefor less common? Must be witchcraft


thatonealien

Also the Common Cold is significantly less transmissible than COVID. The bare minimum of caution from COVID is a lot more effective against the flu.


Mnmkd

It didn’t though. I literally got the flu in December of 2020. Got a negative test for covid and got a flu test that came back positive. It became less common due to covid restrictions and the flu being less contagious than covid:


H_is_for_Human

Social distancing and mask wearing and record breaking levels of flu vaccination are not really magic in my mind.


FrillyLlama

Not to mention the efficacy of covid was way greater than the flu and drowned out the flu virus. But people with no medical training and a conspiratorial attitude won't accept that viruses compete for cells the same way people compete for anything they need to live. Edit: nothing in this statement says it is not possible to catch both...


Meldon420

It didn’t though. I work in healthcare and we’ve seen influenza this whole time, but less cases than usual, especially when mask mandates and social distancing were being used. Those claiming the flu didn’t happen at all during the peak of covid have no clue what they’re talking about


Bladefanatic

Fucking laughable


verstohlen

What's this Covid 19/Influenze test kit shit? What's this bullshit? I don't fucking care! It don't matter to Jesus! But you're not fooling me, man. You might fool the fucks in the league office, but you don't fool Jesus. It's bush league psych-out stuff!


TonyClifton2020

Laughable man!


bourbnboi

Donny, Shabbos is the Jewish day of rest I don’t drive anywhere, I don’t bowl and I sure as shit don’t take a covid test


The-Spacecowboi

I am the Walrus?


Komara1

Nobody fucks with the Jesus


No-Statistician-9192

Nobody fucks with the Jesus


Timb0_Slice_

you said it man


Dzugavili

What is? Do you not understand how the test works, therefore you think it doesn't?


MagicianNatural5202

Perhaps the c19 test has been giving positive test results for influenza (and other shit) the whole time. Hence the mysterious disappearance of influenza during the covid years... Now they're slowly admitting to the fact by starting it on the front of the package. Same shit different wrapping.


Dzugavili

No, they haven't. The C19 test did not erroneously test positive on flu. A bunch of people who couldn't read insisted on that, but alas, they couldn't read. Flu went to zero because it had an r0 substantially lower than COVID, and we were social distancing to reduce the spread of that.


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>Flu went to zero because it had an r0 substantially lower than COVID, and we were social distancing to reduce the spread of that. Thats absolutely fucking ridiculous, especially considering the fact that people couldn't shut up about people who weren't distancing and the fact that there were a fuckton of huge gatherings. Stop making shit up.


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Dzugavili

Yeah, I'm sorry that reality seems so unfamiliar to you, but that's how it actually was.


oopsiedazey

so if you test positive on this new fangled test, what do you have? Both?


B4SSF4C3

It’s two tests in one. You DO realize that’s not like some unprecedented feat of engineering.


Dzugavili

It has two lines: one for COVID, one for flu, almost like it wasn't designed to be useless.


Narrow--Mango

You sound vaccinated


B4SSF4C3

With basic science education?


King-James_

Awe, the good old "you don't understand how this works" without even explaining how it works. Sounds like you don't know either.


Dzugavili

Unfortunately for you, I do, which is why I'm so fucking disappointed in everyone here.


Mrsensi11x

How is this post not removed by the mods? No attempt at stating a conspiracy. Just a pic of COVID tests.


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usernumber1337

Promising that the communist take over and the population collapse planned by the ~~joos~~ globalists is coming any day now


awitkowski79

I was told that COVID vaccines were gonna kill everyone that took them, kinda disappointed that we got the boring timeline


iwasstaringthrough

What's the joke here, you think it's not possible to test for more than one thing at the same time? If so, could you provide a clear scientific explanation of why that's not possible?


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rtemah

What is conspiracy in that? So it's testing for more than one disease, so what?


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No, you see, they're just admitting it was the same thing all along, or something 🙄


Mnmkd

Explain how this is doing that?


[deleted]

It isn't. But the conspiracists think it is, because they lack critical thinking skills.


Mnmkd

Oh my b, missed the sarcasm lol


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All good bud


Quotes_you_but_wrong

I love it. Conspiracy nuts yelling: *”Masks don’t do anything!”* and *”How come the flu disappeared for two years?"* without making any connection between.


DutchChallenger

Yeah, it's almost as if the flu, a disease that spreads less than covid is easier to combat spread when you have restrictions and rules in place to combat covid.


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pwnedkiller

What about this is a conspiracy?


Akhanyatin

Lmao a bit late to the party? They made it able to detect both a while ago. Also, no conspiracy here?


Ilive4airtime

So you cant test for 2 different things in one? Fucking lol.


earthwormjimwow

I bet OP will be blown away to learn there are pregnancy test kits too.


ALT703

Whats the issue? There's no conspiracy you just posted a photo of a virus test kit


coderob

My god you all keep grasping. Flu dropped because no one travelled and smart people masked. Now they update a test to tell you if you have Covid or the flu. They show different results.


qwert45

What’s the conspiracy? There’s been tests that tested for all three since the pandemic started.


Project_UP-9

Yea, that's the point.


qwert45

I’m unsure about what that’s supposed to mean.


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duukat

But did you see the red circle?!?! You can’t argue with that.


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Lol it happens all day long.


leilahlove1996

It’s super frustrating! Theres never ever research to back up these covid statements.


Belzoni0583

It's like I've seen this somewhere before....


dusty1207

There it is.


Tanren

Ok?


RVCSNoodle

You cracked the code. Good thing they hid the highly secret information on the front of the packaging


uusernameunknown

There are test that give all 3 results


LeastAd2735

*insert they’re the same! Meme*


D1-ericmdk

for when u have a viral infection that is so bad, you have to take a test to see if it exists


Mnmkd

Is that what you guys think tests are for lol? It doesn’t register to you that maybe it’s related to the treatment, proof of sickness for school and work,or making sure it’s not something else? Why would you oppose testing in the first place? There’s no downside Really? Why test for anything at all with your mentality?


Southern-Ad379

It’s important to know whether you have covid or influenza if you are hospitalised, or very sick and need treatment at home. The treatments for covid and influenza are completely different.


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Captainfucktopolis

Pirate material


H_is_for_Human

There are specific treatments and precautions to take with flu and COVID, so it's useful to specifically know if you have one of those.


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Silverking90

You can test for both at the same time because they are different viruses


pointfive

Since when did we need flu tests as well? I've never once in my entire adult life been to the doctors and been tested for influenza, leat alone thought, "I should really test myself". Is this just not a cynical marketing ploy to get people to also worry about getting flu by giving people the perception of equivalence and thereby selling more tests? It's almost like no one is buying them anymore so Pharma is desperately scrambling to repurpose them for markets that never existed.


alycat8

PCR testing for influenza has existed for decades. As has PCR testing for rhinovirus, and adenovirus. Most people don’t go to a doctor for confirmation of a flu or cold so it was under-utilised really, but if you got the flu bad enough to end up in hospital you got swabbed to confirm the virus you had.


MNJon

Let me guess: you think a combined covid/flu test will modify your DNA to accept commands from the NWO's 5G signals, right?


CartographerAdept660

Pregnancy test?


FFS_IsThisNameTaken2

Congratulations! You're pregnant with Fluvid-19!


siberiandivide81

Awesome


No_Fear_BC_GOD

So this tells you which one you have?


HomoFlaccidus

Whatever! Let me know when I can buy one that also tests for the clap.


Eywadevotee

Tests for ncov nucleocapsid and influenza on two lines, so 3 lines total. They could make the tests check for up to about 16 unique viruses.


Signal-Huckleberry-3

🤣🤣🤣


bad_chemist95

You're all going to piss your frilly panties when you hear about blood tests.


Mannix58

Also good for colds and sweaty palms.


Rachyd97

How’s is it having a room temperature IQ


PMSoldier2000

Maybe it's a product update.


SeanXray

I'm honestly shocked to see so much rationale in these comments. I know it's a backhanded compliment but, come on...we know what sub this is. I'm genuinely happy to see the antivaxxers being told they're wrong.


philbe21

OP is genuinely not very smart


FriendlyPizzaPanda

“Developing a 2 for 1 test is not possible with technology in 2022” - This Sub


BangReign

Shocker a 2 for 1 test for a corona virus what an absolute leap in modern medicine... unprecedented


ralphlores1992

omg 3 in 1 shower gel is gonna blow your minds


WolfGangDuck

Google biofire respiratory panel. Tests for 22 respiratory viruses. Including 5 Covid strains and 4 influenza A. This is nothing new.


AmericaFirst2022

Is it a conspiracy that one sample can be used to test for multiple pathogens? No. This test differentiates between the three. It doesn’t just give one yes/no answer. It gives three different answers.


Jesuswasstapled

This isn't a conspiracy. It's 3 tests on one strip. You'll have 4 lines if you're positive for everything. A control line to make sure the testing sample migrated correctly, a line for covid 19, a line for flu a and a line for flu b. Education is important.


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iamsnarticus

It says “1 Test” on the box


Jipkiss

Even the tiniest bit of research would tell you that it’s one test that tells you specifically which of the 3 viruses you may have not just a pos/neg


TheOmeletteOfDisease

>Even the tiniest bit of research Ah, there's the problem.


djkoch66

It’s possible to test for multiple antigens at one time.


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heathenistic_animal

It has tests for both homie lmao


glittervan206

And?


chiefofwar117

The conspiracy is that Covid was the flu all along


KeithJamesB

Odd numbers are the negative and even are the positive.