It's no different to any other test. You are only negative the day you tested. It doesn't mean you won't get it tomorrow, nor does it mean we shouldn't test.
Many, many staff are sitting at home, itching to get back to work. However, they need a test. Once cleared they can go back. I have a lot of temperatures, any NHS staff who lived here would have to stay in for something known as a common cold at times.
By testing when they present with symptoms it will help to reduce those they come into contact with.
I don't know about you, but I would like that reassurance that those taking care of me also have access to decent care, including testing.
It wouldn't have to be daily.
Testing will be alongside other strategies to reduce risk such as dirty and clean weeks. Testing can be done towards the end of a clean week. At least you know, every 2 weeks you have 'clean' staff.
The current untested situation won't work. We need those taking care of us tested, and if that means every hour of the day, why not? They are there, daily, breathing in something that is airborne without adequate protection.
We still haven't given them enough support. Have you seen what is heading this way? They are going to need a whole lot more than a test that they might one day get, sometimes possibly at the end of the month. And in the meantime, all those medical staff without symptoms are spreading the problem.
The numbers we are testing is shockingly bad.
Testing everyone who goes to A&E makes the figures skewed. What does my dislocated shoulder have to do with CV?
I'm actually wondering if the hold up is because of previous cuts. The little clinics that would have served well for testing purposes have been closed down. Come to think of it, a lot of nhs were then made redundant are now returning to volunteer.
But yea, I understand, they don't deserve anything. Should just have been happy three months ago to be overworked and underpaid. They should be overjoyed by now.