Just a question about track and trace really. It sounds like if you are contacted to say you’ve been in sustained proximity to someone who tested positive you are then required to isolate for 14 days.... Am I missing something? Why can’t you just be tested? If you’ve got it you’ve got it - it may take up to 14 days for symptoms to show but surely you must have the virus present, seeing as people are capable of spreading it during this time, so why can’t you just be sent for a test? Or even two tests to rule out the chance of a false negative? Surely that’s better than trying to force people to stay at home for 2 weeks when it might be completely unnecessary?
Am I missing something here?
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MarcelineMissouri · 26/05/2020 19:17
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