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what i dont understand day at all is... im told an 80 day test is conclusive and that its only 4 days short of the window period. how is that so? I thought 90 days would be three months and therefore the window period. and if a negative test at 80 days is a good chance of being h i v negative then why tell people three months? Are there any facts that proves a test wont change in 4 days?
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If you were in the 1% your Dr or someone where you tested should have told you. Are you an IV drug user? Under going Chemyotherapy? Just had an organ replaced? Then your not in the 1%.
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thank you very much.  how do i know that im not in that 1% whose results take longer than 3 months? i mean there are some sort of circumstances that may cause this. and in that case one could not be really satisfied with three month conclusive test. i mean how do i know when to stop testing and put my mind at ease
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4 days wouldn't change any thing. The 84 days calculation come in with a lot of buffers taken in to consideration, precisely a good 42 days of buffer (Practically).
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