I have COVID-19 symptoms, so why am I testing negative?

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A second grade student is give a at-home COVID-19 test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press / Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press
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A second grade student is give a at-home COVID-19 test at H.W. Harkness Elementary School in Sacramento, Calif., Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press / Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press

I have COVID-19 symptoms, so why am I testing negative?

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