To think no one is testing for Covid anymore?

@MissBedelia Nope. I suspect it's people who have up put up with you that struggle with life but that's not their fault.

If there is someone in your life who is CEV then a decent person would test before visiting. For example, my close family member with terminal cancer. How does testing make me a weirdo?

Genuine question as I don't know anyone who tests,

What do they achieve by testing? If they're sick and find out it's Covid, what can they do with that knowledge?

Nope, it’s testing weirdos who struggle with life

unless your mask is a proper fit tested one it’s a waste of time

What astonishing ignorance. I'm sorry you have to cope with life with your limited intellect and empathy. You must struggle

They might just be being courteous in not spreading whatever they have, in the Asian fashion. You do not have to be vulnerable to not want to catch COVID, or anything else.

One of the few good things to come out of COVID has been a wider consciousness of limiting the impact we have in infecting others.

Haven’t done a covid test for maybe 18 months to two years now. Total waste of time. The advice is the same whether you have covid, flu or a cold.

If you have a high temperature or feel too unwell to be at school/work then stay at home and don’t socialise with others.

If you don’t have a temperature and you just have mild symptoms eg sore throat, runny nose, bit of a cough……. then you should continue going to work. And be mindful of regular hand washing, keep a bit of distance from people where possible.

Last time we tested was when mil was in hospital with breathing difficulty and we tested before we visited, just in case.

however that was 18months ago.

we have all had a cold and cough and none of us have tested, no point testing . You don’t need to isolate or stay off work. I work in early years and can guarantee plenty kids have been in with covid symptoms, it’s all part of the job. No work colleague is testing either.

All close family would test if they are coming to us and they are a bit unwell as DH is cev. We would also test if feeling unwell.

I had loads of tests left over from when the kids used to get them at school. I threw them out a few weeks ago as the liquid had evaporated in every one of them.

Because some of us still want to have a life! The lack of understanding or comprehension is so ignorant at times and I never understand why mask wearing bothers some people so much.

For a lot of us with CEV status the health issues are already serious enough to have a very negative impact on day to day life. I take responsibility for my own health and that includes my mental health too and it’s important that I feel I can maintain some normality and still have some control. Hence wearing a ffp2 mask when out, limiting my exposure as best as I can, can’t sit in coffee shops or restaurants anymore but I want to feel that I’m still part of society!

If they work with vulnerable people, like the elderly, understandable. Some few jobs do need some consideration, not like before when it was a skive for lazy people I hope. Xxx

I’d only test if I had eg lost sense of smell/ horrific sore throat/ extreme extreme fatigue or some other obvious symptom of it as I couldn’t pass it onto my mum. And that would just be to give her a solid reason we couldn’t visit. Even two years before Covid we couldn’t visit as we had a flu type thing and that would land her in hospital

I tested about a month ago….can’t quite remember why

it was because we were visiting someone or they were visiting us and they were vulnerable but i honestly don’t remember

Maybe they were just having a day out? If it's busy/crowded makes sense for them to wear a mask if they're vulnerable
I'm not vulnerable for a small amount of time, it's lifelong so it's balancing being sensible with not missing out on stuff

I can't think oh I'll never go to a supermarket or shop on a weekend ever again

I do, just because I work in the public sector and wouldn't want to pass it on to vulnerable people. I pay for the tests, not a company policy etc x

I still test. I'm CEV, so while I appreciate most people no longer do, I am always grateful if anyone with a flu type illness checks. I am happy to buy and give them tests.

We have a family member going through chemo so check before seeing them.

No haven't tested in ages and wouldn't want to do it now

I bought some at the beginning of the year when we were all ill as the ones we had were out of date

I think I ordered them online from Boots

That's the case for my work. COVID we are allowed to work from home, because, COVID. Everything else, up to and including the Ebola virus....in you come.

(Our sickness policy is really poor so unless you are literally unable to move you still come in.)

To people asking, every pharmacy(and big supermarkets) all have tests

Some of us still do. I like to know. The bastard thing was not a cold for me.

Most people don't though, true.

But If I am ill enough to think I had Covid (or any similar virus) I’d keep away from people anyway.

So no, everyone I know stopped testing years ago.