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time debate

Hi guys, I was just wondering what you guys thought, as I have seen such a debate over days vs Weeks vs months. Ive seen people post about worrying over the difference between 84 days  and 90 days. Seems like simple math to be
84 days... 84 divided by 7 ( seven days in a week) equals 12. 12 divided by 4 (4 Weeks in a month) equals 3 months. Ive seen people count from exposure such as Dec 5 to Jan 5 to Feb 5 to march 5, being 3 months. I think both would be fine. What do you guys think?


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You have been through alot and you have come out on top.I am glad you tested negative and you are getting your life back together.The waiting game is the worst.It seems to take forever.I am a huge fan of the HIV DUO test as you have probably noticed because it looks for both antigen and antibodies.Glad you are OK.
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Yeah, I agree. I stuck myself with a needle from a positve person so I took pep for 30 days. Had a three month antibody screen, that was negative, then I had another five months and two days post exposure and 4 months and a few days off pep, again negative. Ill still do the six month post exposure, which would have been only 27 days from my last test to follow their protoco,but ive counted my blessings and moved on with the good news
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I know what you mean but 6 months is long outdated and any internet site that continues to use it should be updated.28 days with an HIV DUO is 99.89% accurate,I like those odds.
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Yeah, I know. Theirs just such a debate. Lol. When I got suck with a needle at work, the counted by months from Dec 6 to Jan 6 as one month and so on, it use to **** me off because that meant an extra week I had to wait even tho I could have gad a conclusive a week prior lol. When they told me I needed a six month test I about went through the roof lol
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Both 84 and 90 days are fully conclusive.
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