Fact Check-Fruit juices and coffee cannot produce a positive test result for COVID-19
Updated to correct paragraph formatting Social media users claiming that fruit juices and coffee have tested positive for COVID-19 have misunderstood how lateral flow devices (LFDs) work. Videos allegedly showing a positive test result actually reveal what happens when devices are degraded by using substances other than those intended. Examples of the claim can be found here, herehere. “Imagine just how many hundreds of thousands of fake positives have been reported as actual covid,” one individual said in a Facebook post (here). Many of the users have tested LFDs with substances other th...