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AIBU to wonder if the whole “test if you have these symptoms” is making people think if they have no symptoms they’re safe to do whatever they like?

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Bagelsandbrie · 01/01/2021 12:51

Just pondering this really off the back of some of the answers I’ve read on other threads. Mainly peoples relatives saying they’re okay to go out / meet someone / do whatever because they “feel fine”.

We know that 1 in 3 people are asymptomatic and it’s also becoming apparent through the many different threads here and peoples experiences that the standard three symptoms the NHS recognise for Covid (temperature, cough, change of taste / smell) don’t always apply or someone may have all kinds of other symptoms.

I just wonder how we get through to people that because they “feel fine” doesn’t mean they aren’t a carrier. I don’t know how to word it properly as my brain is fried at the moment but if the NHS / government website is requiring people with specific symptoms to have a test then it seems to follow that if people don’t have them they think they can do whatever the fuck they like.

Maybe we should all be being tested more (if capacity allows this) rather than asking people to apply for a test if they have certain symptoms. I guess to some extent this is what they’re planning for schools.

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itsgettingweird · 01/01/2021 12:58

The special advisors said everyone should be acting like they have the virus.

Sadly some people are acting like the virus doesn't even exist.

Bagelsandbrie · 01/01/2021 13:03

@itsgettingweird

The special advisors said everyone should be acting like they have the virus.

Sadly some people are acting like the virus doesn't even exist.

It’s crazy isn’t it.

On my local Facebook page every time there’s a Covid related post we have so many people who don’t seem to “believe” in it.

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