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Testing question window - please assist

Had low risk activity on may 27 and may 28.  Protected oral/vaginal sex with multiple CSW.

Came down with viral symptoms on June 8th, lasted 4 or 5 days thru June 12th.

Want to get a rapid test done from the free clinic on July 1st.

Very worried it will come back positive based on timing of symptoms.  But if it is negative, how confident can I be with results based on exposure dates and symptom dates?  Been about 4.5 weeks since sex and 2.5 weeks since symptoms ended.  Symptoms were slight fever, sore throat, night sweats, malaise, nausea, diarrhea, and I think swollen lymph nodes.  Man this sucks.

Thanks.
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But what about my symptoms?  And the timing of them?  I know you can't judge by symptoms but I worry maybe as I was taking condom off some fluids contacted my foreskin, or any number if possibilities.  I don't know why my lymph nodes would still be swollen 3 weeks later.

Anyways I am not here to debate my symptoms or exposure.  Guess I will assume a 5 week test is fairly accurate if symptoms developed 3 weeks ago.
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You never had an exposure. Move along.
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Can someone please help me understand how confident I can be with a 5 week test post-exposure test and 3 weeks after symptoms began??
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I disagree.  CDC says condoms are very effective but not 100%.  My risk is low but not zero - things happen.  We are talking about women who have had hundreds of sex partners.

Anyways, my question is not about my risk, just how much I can trust the results based on the timeline of events I gave.
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You never had a risk of contracting HIV.
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