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Wearing a wristband to identify you’ve tested negative

91 replies

Funkypolar · 11/11/2020 16:00

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/coronavirus-negative-tests-wristbands-uk-government-b1720960.html?utm_content=Echobox&utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter#Echobox=1605090403

Good or bad idea? How would you feel about wearing a wristband?

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BefuddledPerson · 11/11/2020 16:04
Hmm

Brilliant. They won't be falsified, bought/sold, or used as a reason to discriminate, will they?

Thatwentbadly · 11/11/2020 16:04

You could test negative at 9am on Monday but by 10am be carrying and therefore potentially spreading the virus. It’s a ridiculous idea especially as the turn around for testing in the U.K. is so long.

Artus · 11/11/2020 16:04

Surely you could contract the virus immediately after the test? Do you mean after vaccination?

Torvean32 · 11/11/2020 16:06

They're pointless. You're only negative at the point you got tested. You could get infected the next day.

Plus there would be fakes made and bought.

slashlover · 11/11/2020 16:06

Surely you could test negative on Monday, get the wristband and then catch it on Tuesday?

LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard · 11/11/2020 16:06

Ummmm. No.

LostAcre · 11/11/2020 16:09

I think it could lead to a false sense of security.

A wristband wearer could come into contact with someone who’s untested and asymptomatic, or they could have been tested too soon after they’d been infected for it to register on the test.

A negative test on Monday doesn’t mean you’re going to be still negative on Friday.

LethargicLumpOfLockdownLard · 11/11/2020 16:09

All it would mean is you were negative before. Means nothing days later if you're out mixing.

MarshaBradyo · 11/11/2020 16:10

Haven’t read it but agree pointless as only useful at exact time of testing

Funkypolar · 11/11/2020 16:11

We could all wear them - green if you’ve been vaccinated....

This is this original report from BI who came up with the idea... www.bi.team/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Slovakia-COVID-19-Population-Testing-Report.pdf

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Bluntness100 · 11/11/2020 16:12

Utterly pointless. The fact you tested negative at a given point in time doesn’t mean you can never catch it.

A friend of mine works in care homes, he is tested weekly. That’s because the fact he was negative last week doesn’t mean he is this week.

byvirtue · 11/11/2020 16:13

Ffs is this the kind of society we want where people have to wear a wristband to leave the house???

I’m losing the will to live with all this nonsense. From a practical perspective how many man hours are going to be wasted getting to/from waiting around at test centres. I live rurally (where incidentally no one seems to have Covid) it would take a chunk out of my day driving to a test centre and having a test done just so I can get a magic wristband which is effective for how long??? Just nonsense.

BoredOfIsolation · 11/11/2020 16:14

No. And no again.

BefuddledPerson · 11/11/2020 16:14

In general I think badges have a bad track record.

This idea just won't die but it is really flawed. That nudge unit comes out with so many bullshit ideas.

Funkypolar · 11/11/2020 16:15

“How BI could improve mass testing
● Use empowering messaging: Motivate people by creating a spirit of national resistance to the virus, highlighting the ability to make a positive action and contribute to the national effort to save lives and livelihoods. Use ‘save Christmas’ messaging.
● Use powerful and trusted messengers: Enlist the royal family, the cabinet, the parliament, and local government as supporters of the project. Reach out to the community to encourage them to get tested through trusted institutions and leaders (e.g. a personalised letter sent from NHS, local GP, or a community or faith leader.
● Package of support for positive cases: When leaving the testing site, positive cases could receive a ‘care package’ with information on support offered by local council (eg. linking people up with local volunteers, giving them priority delivery slots for supermarkets, or providing temporary housing to isolate outside of their home if they live with vulnerable people).
● Non-financial incentives for volunteers: Offer additional benefits to motivate volunteers to help with organisation, such as free parking, free public transport pass, free museum and gallery entry, etc.
● Wristbands to improve monitoring: Along with certificates, distribute paper wristbands to all people who tested negative for easier recognition of whether they can enter venues.
● Provide additional and rewards for testing: for example, through lotteries and partnerships with local businesses.
● Offer travel provision or subsidise the cost for people who live far away from a test site or are currently in receipt of financial support.”

I thought that was very interesting....enlist the royal family for support and distribute wristbands.

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nogooddeedgoesunpunished · 11/11/2020 16:17

Seriously ?! Why not just stamp a cross on people's front doors and a mark on their foreheads so we can be absolutely clear who's infected? History shows us that's a very dangerous path to go down

Keepdistance · 11/11/2020 16:17

Ridiculous but an incentive.
I would prefer a different incentive. Maybe takeaway food/,coffee
Vouchers.
Also the tests are 25% false negative.
I think they need to mass test by pubs and schools.

Shaniac · 11/11/2020 16:18

Wow theres nothing reminiscent of the nkvd about this at all. Nuh uh no internal passports to see here.

As others have said. Falisifying, black market sales, discrimination and new infections after testing are all reasons this is shit.

waltzingparrot · 11/11/2020 16:19

Too easy to scam.

I wouldn't be adverse to carrying a photocard to say I'd been vaccinated though.

tortoiseshell1985 · 11/11/2020 16:19

Oh my god. No

MarshaBradyo · 11/11/2020 16:20

How would you stop fakes?

Iwantacookie · 11/11/2020 16:21

What happens when the wrist band goes under our sleeves

BefuddledPerson · 11/11/2020 16:21

Why can't the government just run a fucking functional basic testing system? This is making me angry tbh.

Lmfao at the idea of cabinet members as 'trusted messengers' - they built the shit serco system.

Instead of all this money on gimmicks, just invest in proper public services.

Iwantacookie · 11/11/2020 16:22

At this time of year noone has their wrists out so seems pointless

BefuddledPerson · 11/11/2020 16:22

@waltzingparrot

Too easy to scam.

I wouldn't be adverse to carrying a photocard to say I'd been vaccinated though.

Shock fuck that