The majority of school districts will also be closed, along with some liquor stores in states with stricter laws (which includes Massachusetts). It will also be harder to find banks open on Veterans Day 2015, however. Here is a larger list of those that will be closed on November 11 (via the Huffington Post). Bank First National; Bank of America
Sometimes, doctors do a throat culture instead of a rapid strep test. A throat culture is more accurate than a rapid strep test, but the results take longer (2-3 days) to come back.
The rapid strep test only takes about 5 to 10 minutes for results and if the results are positive, the diagnosis is confirmed. However, a negative test does not rule out strep throat since the rapid test may miss some strep throat infections (âfalse negativesâ). These negative tests can be verified by a back-up culture, which is a more sensitive test. The culture results, as in the past, may take up to 48 hours.