Thickos on BBC breakfast this morning getting Covid tests with no symptoms

[KnobChops]

“For peace of mind”
“I just fancied one”
Pretending they’re a key worker “to keep my family safe”

The government have done a shit job with testing.
These people are not helping.

@Aragog

Aristonandonandon

The NHS site says 3 episodes of coughing an hour. Not a day.

There is, of course, the debt over what constitutes 'an episode' though.
Unlike some other posters have said on various posts, the NHS does not distinguish between the type of cough - dry, wet, productive, etc.

It doesn't say 3 episodes of coughing in an hour.

It says 3 episodes of coughing in 24 hours.

Which is practically every sort of cough going - even a 'mild' cough caused by the end of the common cold is going to produce that.

They urgently need to clarify the 'cough' guidelines OR they need to increase testing capacity. Which they repeatedly said would be in place by the time of schools re-opening.

No one is taking the children to be tested for fun. They're going out of need.

@Nosquirrels
Sorry! Obviously that was a typo. 3 coughs per day, not per hour!

If it was 3 per hour, I would agree it was a cough that might need investigating.

Also, I agree government do need to be more specific about Covid cough. It is definitely dry, not productive or mucousy, so they should say that and stop children missing out on education and adults missing out on work, and reduce the huge demand on testing.

Oops - yes - 3 episodes a day - or a number of times an hour.
Getting myself mixed up now!

They are the same thickos who rushed and cleared the supermarkets of toilet rolls and pasta. This country is awash with thick,dependent,spineless people.

@theotherfossilsister

If a customer I serve at work tests positive I will need a test or be unable to work for two weeks. My employer has already lost all that lockdown income so I don't know if they could pay me to stay at home and do nothing.

If your workplace have put covid secure measures in place then you should not need to be in that position. If you are in close contact with a confirmed case of covid for more than 15 minutes without ppe then you will need to isolate for 2 weeks, not get a test. You only get a test if you get symptoms. Employers need to educate themselves.

@Vicbarbarkley

I feel absolurely dreadful. My temperature soared last night, I have a dry cough that is really making my throat sore, my stomach is off and I honestly cannot remember feeling this ill. I spoke to GP who advised testing, isolating and contacting them again if I get any worse. I cannot get a test anywhere. To be honest, I dont think I could drive to it anyway and I did not get an option for a home test.

I am on my own, just feel as though I am slipping, if you know what I mean.

Will probably be okay in the morning, but by the time i get a test i will probably be better and never know if I had it?

I nust dont get it.

I really feel for you and hope you feel a bit better in the morning. Contact your gp again tomorrow if not. This is what makes me so mad about people abusing the testing system as people who really need it can’t get it. Can you try and push to get a postal test?

@Aristonandonandon

If we want to beat this fucking thing, we need more testing. Its not the few scared people wanting a test so their kids can go back to school or they can get back to work, that are responsible for this shambles. The countries with the best outcomes have been those with extensive testing. I agree.

And while 'continuous cough' seems clear to me that it will be a bad cough, at some point someone latched onto the 3 coughs a day idea and now even the mildest tickle in the throat 3 times a day gets you sent home from school or work. Without any accompanying temperature or loss of taste/smell, 3 small coughs a day is not a reliable symptom of Covid-19 and children and employees should not be getting send home and then needing a test to get access to education or income.

Some people with Covid-19 have no cough, but they might have a high fever or loss of smell/taste. Those I know whose main symptom was a cough, were coughing to the point of exhaustion.

The three coughs is on the 111 triage system, it's a quiz that you work through. According to that, my son should be isolating and tested for his cold.