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PURCHASED TWO "FLOWFLEX" ANTIGEN COVID HOME TESTS, UNDER BRAND NAME ACON FROM (B)(6) ON (B)(6) 2021. CAREFULLY FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS TO TAKE ONE A COUPLE HOURS LATER AND IT CAME BACK POSITIVE. TOOK THE SECOND ABOUT ONE HOUR LATER AND IT ALSO CAME BACK POSITIVE. THIS CAME AS A SURPRISE AS I HAD NO SYMPTOMS, NO CONTACT WITH ANYONE WHO HAD TESTED POSITIVE, WAS EXTREMELY ISOLATED AND WORE A MASK IN PUBLIC FOR THE TWO WEEKS PRIOR. THE FOLLOWING MORNING I WENT TO A TESTING SITE TO RECEIVE AN ABBOT BINAXNOW RAPID TEST, WHICH RETURNED NEGATIVE, THEN TOOK ANOTHER ABBOT BINAXNOW RAPID TEST AT HOME AN HOUR LATER, WHICH ALSO RETURNED NEGATIVE. LAST, I WENT TO A TEST SITE IN (B)(6) OPERATED BY (B)(6) A COUPLE HOURS LATER AND RECEIVED A LAMP TEST, WHICH RETURNED NEGATIVE THE FOLLOWING DAY. THUS, I BELIEVE THESE TWO FLOWFLEX / ACON TESTS WERE FAULTY, RETURNING FALSE POSITIVES. IN THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS I HAVE NOT DEVELOPED ANY SYMPTOMS, AND I HAVE TESTED NEGATIVE ONCE MORE ON A ABBOT BINAXNOW TEST ON (B)(6) 2021. THE LOT NUMBER FOR BOTH FLOWFLEX TESTS IS COV1100069, WITH AN EXPIRATION DATE OF 10/21/2022. I HAVE RETAINED BOTH BINAXNOW TESTS AND PACKAGING, AND HAVE PHOTOS/EMAILS TO VERIFY THE OTHER NEGATIVE RAPID/LAMP TESTS, SO PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU NEED MORE INFORMATION. TEST 1 TAKEN AT HOME APPROX 5PM, TEST 2 TAKEN AT HOME APPROX 6PM. FDA SAFETY REPORT ID#:(B)(4).